It Was That Quality That Led Me

Man Is A Mixture Of Desires That Extend Beyond His Knowledge And Often Result In Action Conflicting With Rationality.

History Has Recorded Nothing So Dramatic In Design, Nor So Skillfully Manipulated, As This Attempt To Create The National Reserve Association, Or The Federal Reserve.

At The End Of The First Half-century Of Engine-driven Flight, We Are Confronted With The Stark Fact That The Historical Significance Of Aircraft Has Been Primarily Military And Destructive.

What Freedom Lies In Flying, What Godlike Power It Gives To Men . . . I Lose All Consciousness In This Strong Unmortal Space Crowded With Beauty, Pierced With Danger.

By Day, Or On A Cloudless Night, A Pilot May Drink The Wine Of The Gods, But It Has An Earthly Taste; He's A God Of The Earth, Like One Of The Grecian Deities Who Lives On Worldly Mountains And Descended For Intercourse With Men. But At Night, Over A Stratus Layer, All Sense Of The Planet May Disappear. You Know That Down Below, Beneath That Heavenly Blanket Is The Earth, Factual And Hard. But It's An Intellectual Knowledge; It's A Knowledge Tucked Away In The Mind; Not A Feeling That Penetrates The Body.