----- Original Message ----- From: "MountainWings" <[email protected]> To: "Cynthia Gropman" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, April 04, 2009 1:10 AM Subject: MountainWings:Saturday - His Name Was Fleming
> ------------------------------------------------- > MountainWings A MountainWings Moment > #1071 Wings Over The Mountains of Life > ------------------------------------------------- > > His Name Was Fleming > ===================== > > His name was Fleming, and he was a poor Scottish farmer. > > One day, while trying to make a living for his family, he heard > a cry for help coming from a nearby swamp. He dropped his tools > and ran to the swamp. There, mired to his waist in black muck, > was a terrified boy, screaming and struggling to free himself. > > Farmer Fleming saved the lad from what could have been a slow > and terrifying death. The next day, a fancy carriage pulled up > to the Scotsman's sparse surroundings. An elegantly dressed > nobleman stepped out and introduced himself as the father of > the boy Farmer Fleming had saved. > > "I want to repay you," said the nobleman. "You saved my son's > life." > > "No, I can't accept payment for what I did," the Scottish > farmer replied, waving off the offer. At that moment, the > farmer's own son came to the door of the family hovel. "Is that > your son?" the nobleman asked. "Yes," the farmer replied proudly. > > "I'll make you a deal. Let me take him and give him a good > education. If the lad is anything like his father, he'll grow > to a man you can be proud of." > And that he did. > > In time, Farmer Fleming's son graduated from St. Mary's > Hospital Medical School in London, and went on to become known > throughout the world as the noted Sir Alexander Fleming, > the discoverer of Penicillin. > > Years afterward, the nobleman's son was stricken with > pneumonia. What saved him? Penicillin. The name of the nobleman? > Lord Randolph Churchill. > > His son's name? Sir Winston Churchill. > > > > Today's MountainWings Power Minute > http://www.powerminute.com/p/pm09094.mp3 > > Signup for your FREE daily Power Minute at www.MountainWings.com > > Forward this issue to a friend or send them the link below: > http://www.mountainwings.com/past/1071.htm > > Thank you for inviting MountainWings into your mailbox. > Change a life, give a friend MountainWings. > See you tomorrow. > > **************************************************************** > www.MountainWings.com "Wings Over The Mountains of Life" > To: Subscribe, Un-Subscribe, Get a Book, T-Shirt, Rate Issues, > Tell Friends about MountainWings, Read Past Issues, Donations, > Submit a MountainWings Moment or Prayer Request, Set homepage to > Daily issue in larger type Go To: http://www.mountainwings.com > Click to unsubscribe: http://www.mountainwings.com/remove.html > **************************************************************** > MountainWings, POBox 43725, 120 Selig Dr., Atlanta, GA 30336 USA > You are subscribed as: [email protected] > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Deaf-Blind Inspirational Life Group" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/DBILG?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
