Sunday, February 24, 2008

A story of connecting

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 bog. He dropped his tools and ran to the
> bog. *
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> 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. *
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> 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. *
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> 'I want to repay you,' said the nobleman. 'You saved my son's life.' *
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> '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. *
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> 'Is that your son?' the nobleman asked. *
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> 'Yes,' the farmer replied proudly. *
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> 'I'll make you a deal. Let me provide him with the level of
> education my own son will enjoy. If the lad is anything like his
> father, he'll no doubt grow to be a man we both will be proud of.'
> And that he did. *
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> Farmer Fleming's son attended the very best schools and in time,
> 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. *
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> Years afterward, the same nobleman's son who was saved from the bog
> was stricken with pneumonia. *
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> What saved his life this time? Penicillin. *
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> The name of the nobleman? Lord Randolph Churchill. His son's name? *
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> Sir Winston Churchill. *