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Scottish Farmer
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.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Work like you don't need the money.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Love like you've never been hurt.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Dance like nobody's watching.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Sing like nobody's listening.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Live like it's Heaven on Earth
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.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Work like you don't need the money.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Love like you've never been hurt.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Dance like nobody's watching.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Sing like nobody's listening.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Live like it's Heaven on Earth
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