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High Flight -- Pilot Officer John Gillespie Magee

(No 412 squadron, RCAF, Killed 11 December 1941)
[Biography]

Pilot Officer John Gillespie Magee, Jr., was an American serving with the
Royal Canadian Air Force. He was born in Shanghai, China in 1922, the son of
missionary parents, Reverend and Mrs. John Gillespie Magee; his father was
an American and his mother was originally a British citizen.

He came to the U.S. in 1939 and earned a scholarship to Yale, but in
September 1940 he enlisted in the RCAF and was graduated as a pilot. He was sent to England for combat duty in July 1941.

In August or September 1941, Pilot Officer Magee composed High Flight and
sent a copy to his parents. Several months later, on December 11, 1941 his
Spitfire collided with another plane over England and Magee, only 19 years
of age, crashed to his death.

His remains are buried in the churchyard cemetery at Scopwick, Lincolnshire
 
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 windswept heights with easy grace
Where never lark, or even eagle flew -
And, while with silent lifting mind I've trod
The high unsurpassed sanctity of space.
 
Adventure, is usually just poor planning.

Roald Amundsen
of all things, first to reach the south pole.
 
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Buckeye, I liked that one from anonymous. I think I am going to have to frame that and put on my wall.
 
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Happiness is Like a Butterfly:
When pursued, it remains elusively just out of your reach -
But, if you sit down quietly and cease the pursuit,
it may come and gently light upon you.
***** Anonymous *****
 
To break up the monotony of my highschool pageant I decided to end my speech with these 2 quotes.

"If at first you don't succeed.... skydiving is not for you."

"Never eat more than you can lift - Ms. Piggy"

I think they are the reason why I was awarded Ms. Congeniality lol.
And most quotes by Jimmy Buffett are great...

"Wrinkles only go where the smiles have been."
 
On a T-shirt


SOME PEOPLE ARE LIKE SLINKIES
They're not really good for anything,
but they still bring a smile to your face
when you push them down a flight of stairs.:roflmao:
 
More T-shirts


PETA
People Eating Tasty Animals


The police never think it is as funny as you do.


This is the earliest I have ever been late.


I'm immature, unorganized, irresponsible, and loud.
BUT I'M FUN!!


333 - Only half evil


Sometimes I wonder,
"Why is that frisbee getting bigger"
Then it HITS me.


If it weren't for the gutter,
my mind would be homeless.
 
Not trying to be political here, but ran across this quote and thought it rather poignant with world events right now.


I SWEAR TO THE LORD
I STILL CAN'T SEE
WHY DEMOCRACY MEANS
EVERYBODY BUT ME.
***** LANGSTON HUGHES *****
 
Abraham Lincoln: “The problem with internet quotations is most of them are incorrect.”



:roflmao:
 
LEADERSHIP...

The process of social influence in which one person can enlist the aid and support of others in the accomplishment of a common task.



Thanks for being a Leader Bernard!
 
“Artists can color the sky red because they know it’s blue. Those of us who aren’t artists must color things the way they really are or people might think we’re stupid.”
—Jules Feiffer
 
My fave marriage quote:

A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband.

~Michel de Montaigne
 
Thanks for the quote ninac. :)





Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare.
 
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