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sharkboy -> RE: Neil Armstrong Dies (25/8/2012 8:58:09 PM)
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High Flight - John Gillespie Magee Jr
Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
Sunward I've climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth
of sun-split clouds, — and done a hundred things
You have not dreamed of — wheeled and soared and swung
High in the sunlit silence. Hov'ring there,
I've chased the shouting wind along, and flung
My eager craft through footless halls of air. . . .
Up, up the long, delirious burning blue
I've topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace
Where never lark, or ever eagle flew —
And, while with silent, lifting mind I've trod
The high untrespassed sanctity of space,
Put out my hand, and touched the face of God.
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There are very few people I'd consider a true hero of mine, this guy was definitely one. RIP Mr Armstrong, and thank you for what you and your colleagues contributed to the advancement of humanity.
By the way - first person to even suggest that he didn't really go to the moon gets banned.[:@]
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