I Guess We All Like To Be

All In All, For Someone Who Was Immersed In, Fascinated By, And Dedicated To Flight, I Was Disappointed By The Wrinkle In History That Had Brought Me Along One Generation Late. I Had Missed All The Great Times And Adventures In Flight.

I Am, And Ever Will Be, A White-socks, Pocket-protector, Nerdy Engineer - Born Under The Second Law Of Thermodynamics, Steeped In Steam Tables, In Love With Free-body Diagrams, Transformed By Laplace, And Propelled By Compressible Flow.

Through Books You Will Meet Poets And Novelists Whose Creations Will Fire Your Imagination. You Will Meet The Great Thinkers Who Will Share With You Their Philosophies, Their Concepts Of The World, Of Humanity And Of Creation. You Will Learn About Events That Have Shaped Our History, Of Deeds Both Noble And Ignoble. All Of This Knowledge Is Yours For The Taking… Your Library Is A Storehouse For Mind And Spirit. Use It Well.

Hey, We Missed The Whole Thing.

The Single Thing Which Makes Any Man Happiest Is The Realization That He Has Worked Up To The Limits Of His Ability, His Capacity. It's All The Better, Of Course, If This Work Has Made A Contribution To Knowledge, Or Toward Moving The Human Race A Little Farther Forward.