His name was Fleming, and he was
a poor Scottish farmer.
One day, while trying to eek out
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 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.
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Someone once said what goes around
comes around.
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Work like you don't need the money.
Love like you've never been hurt.
Dance like nobody's watching.