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The Farmer and
the Nobleman
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
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