Thought 22AUG2008

ANOTHER PERSPECTIVE
When Robert Fulton's first American steamboat was finished, a trial run was scheduled on the Hudson River. A curious crowd gathered to watch the fate of the Clermont. One skeptical observer predicted. "They'll never get it running." But the Clermont did run. In fact, the steamboat picked up speed as black billows of smoke poured from its stack. The crowd erupted in celebrating applause.
How about the negative skeptic? He shook his head in disbelief as he turned to walk away and then commented. "They'll never get it stopped."
Extracted from 'Speaker's Sourcebook II', Glen Van Ekeren, Prentice Hall, 1994
Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped - African Proverb