 | John H. Lienhard - History - 2003 - 276 pages
...four years earlier. Wilbur wrote: I have been afflicted with the belief that flight is possible.... My disease has increased in severity and I feel that it will soon cost me... increased money. . .if not my life. Well, it was disease and not his belief in flight that eventually... | |
 | Chris Kidder - Biography & Autobiography - 2002 - 240 pages
...other words. Writing to Octave Chanute, the leading American aviation pioneer of his day, he said, "For some years I have been afflicted with the belief...man. My disease has increased in severity and I feel it will soon cost me an increased amount of money if not my life. I have been trying to arrange my... | |
 | Charlie L Palmgren, William C Petrarca - Business & Economics - 2002 - 250 pages
...The Source of Human Good, Atlanta, GA, Scholars Press, 1995, p. xxix. Chapter Five Long in the Truth "For some years I have been afflicted with the belief that flight is possible to man." - Wilbur Wright We were elated to hear of Dr. Wieman's recent honor. Laura Wieman let us know that... | |
 | Carol C. Donley, Martin Kohn - Medical - 2002 - 196 pages
...the cavern of death, the imagination escapes intact. The Affliction of Flight: A Story SAMUEL SHEM For some years I have been afflicted with the belief that flight is possible to man. "Aww SHIT! Aw shit!! Aww shit!!!" —WILBUR WRIGHT Dr. Bill Starbuck had been screaming this intermittently... | |
 | Dan Gutman - Juvenile Fiction - 2003 - 192 pages
...FACTS AND FICTIONS 167 Book 1: 1900 GO FLY A KITE • • '".' -" .": ' - ' "'*;••;; '' '. •'• For some years I have "been afflicted with the belief...•'•...•'.•-.'.'. '•increased amount of money if not my life. — WUbur Wright January 1, 1900 Today is the first day of a new century! That's something, innit?... | |
 | Stephen B. Goddard - History - 2003 - 236 pages
...time, and Wilbur wasn't shy about exploiting the knowledge of anyone from whom he felt he could learn. "For some years I have been afflicted with the belief that flight is possible to man," he wrote the older man. "My disease has increased in severity and I feel that it will soon cost me... | |
 | Stephanie Sammartino McPherson, Joseph Sammartino Gardner - Juvenile Nonfiction - 2003 - 132 pages
...enthusiast could give them some suggestions. On May 13, 1900, Wilbur sat down to write to Octave Chanute. "For some years I have been afflicted with the belief that flight is possible to man," he began, adopting a humorous tone. Wilbur shared a few of his ideas on flying and asked if Chanute... | |
 | David Faust - Religion - 2004 - 148 pages
...Susan B. Anthony had a burning desire 12 * In I900 Wilbur Wright wrote a letter to a friend and said, "For some years I have been afflicted with the belief that flight is possible to man." His zeal was so great, he said, "I feel that it will soon cost me an increased amount of money if not... | |
 | Tom D. Crouch - History - 2003 - 746 pages
...Chanute, the world's authority on the history of the flying machine. "For some years," he admitted, "I have been afflicted with the belief that flight is possible to man." It was the first of hundreds of letters, notes, and telegrams that would pass back and forth between... | |
 | Virginia Parker Dawson, Mark D. Bowles - Aeronautics - 2005 - 340 pages
...advice on where to try out their latest glider. Wilbur admitted his obsession with flying, stating, "I feel that it will soon cost me an increased amount of money, if not my life."2 While neither brother died 2 Ibid., p. 181. in an airplane crash, many other early aviators... | |
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