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At times, after an hour or more of heated argument, they would find themselves as far from agreement as when they started, except that each had changed to the other’s original position.

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It was, however, spoken of proudly as a fine place to live, work, and raise a family, as indeed was all of Ohio.

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Lilienthal also had himself repeatedly photographed in action, something no gliding enthusiast had yet done.

one invention affects others _______________________________________________________________________________

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Wilbur had already read it. Now he read it anew.

re-read carefully _______________________________________________________________________________

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Authorities in science have declared at different periods, as the result of lengthy calculations, that this is a chimerical dream, but how many intentions have we seen realized which have been pronounced impossible.

French physician to English to sickbed in Ohio _______________________________________________________________________________

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“It is a fact,” the Post later categorically declared, “that man can’t fly.”

some facts expire _______________________________________________________________________________

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Far from home, on their own in a way they had never been, the brothers seemed to sense as they never had the adventure of life.

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As Orville wrote, the mosquitoes appeared “in the form of a mighty cloud, almost darkening the sun.”

mosquitoes ! _______________________________________________________________________________

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a man ought to know that in an emergency his mind and muscles will work by instinct rather than conscious effort. There is no time to think.

Thinking: Fast and Slow by Kahneman _______________________________________________________________________________

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Not incidentally, the Langley project had cost nearly $70,000, the greater part of it public money, whereas the brothers’ total expenses for everything from 1900 to 1903, including materials and travel to and from Kitty Hawk, came to a little less than $1,000, a sum paid entirely from the modest profits of their bicycle business.

but what price ? _______________________________________________________________________________

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In fact, this one flight was by far the longest yet, longer than all the 160 flights of the three previous years combined.

(“What we are seeking is the means of free motion in the air, in any direction,” Lilienthal had written.)

it only went to prove that kings could be a nuisance. “They always come at such unearthly hours,” wrote Katharine.

not another king ! _______________________________________________________________________________

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such honors could grow “oppressive” to modest men, but then they had brought it on themselves with their ingenuity and courage.

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I’m damned if I don’t admire their independence. We don’t mean anything to them, and there are a whole lot of reasons why we shouldn’t.”

we have to do it right or we die _______________________________________________________________________________

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By the last days the crowds numbered 200,000, four times the capacity of the grandstands.

gotta see it! _______________________________________________________________________________

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But it was the spectacle of Wilbur Wright and his flying machine circling the Statue of Liberty that made the most powerful impression,

now we are real _______________________________________________________________________________

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Again the wireless messages went off.

what's a wireless ? _______________________________________________________________________________

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In 1927 young Charles Lindbergh flew the Atlantic to land in Paris, a feat once thought impossible by the Wrights.

the Wrights thought it couldn't be done