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“Well, they’ve made a flight.”
― The Wright Brothers
― The Wright Brothers
“What had transpired that day in 1903, in the stiff winds and cold of the Outer Banks in less than two hours time, was one of the turning points in history, the beginning of change for the world far greater than any of those present could possibly have imagined.”
― The Wright Brothers
― The Wright Brothers
“An ecosystem is a web of mutually beneficial relationships that enhances the value of all of the participants.”
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“Meanwhile, an article in the September issue of the popular McClure’s Magazine written by Simon Newcomb, a distinguished astronomer and professor at Johns Hopkins University, dismissed the dream of flight as no more than a myth. And were such a machine devised, he asked, what useful purpose could it possibly serve?”
― The Wright Brothers
― The Wright Brothers
“In no way did any of this discourage or deter Wilbur and Orville Wright, any more than the fact that they had had no college education, no formal technical training, no experience working with anyone other than themselves, no friends in high places, no financial backers, no government subsidies, and little money of their own. Or”
― The Wright Brothers
― The Wright Brothers
peter’s 2025 Year in Books
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1,055 books
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