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To: Doogle

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 untrespassed sanctity of space

Put out my hand, and touched the face of God.

28 posted on 01/31/2008 5:45:24 PM PST by Professional Engineer (www.pinupsforvets.com --- In other news, K7UGA, what a dude.)
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To: Professional Engineer

31 posted on 01/31/2008 7:53:45 PM PST by Samwise (Mister, we could use a man like Ronald Reagan again.)
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To: Professional Engineer
..REMEMBER IT WELL..
I think the best presentation was when President Reagan read it after the Christa McAuliffe tragedy back in “86”
(it sent chills down my spine)
35 posted on 01/31/2008 8:13:22 PM PST by Doogle (USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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