On Tue, 15 Jan 2008 00:35:04 GMT, "::darkshadows::" <over@bite.net> wrote:
> Irish Luck
> 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.
> 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 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.
> 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.
> Years afterward, the same nobleman's son who was
> saved from the bog was stricken with pneumonia.
> What saved his life this time? Penicillin.
> The name of the nobleman? Lord Randolph
> Churchill .. His son's name?
> Sir Winston Churchill.
> Someone once said: What goes around comes
> around.
At
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Fleming
click on [6 Fable].
Once there, one might also read the account of Fleming's role
in the development of penicillin -- which seems to me an even
more remarkable story...
Someone else once said, Always verify your references.
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