“When my brother and I built and flew the first man-carrying flying machine, we thought that we were introducing into the world an invention which would make further wars practically impossible. That we were not alone in this thought is evidenced by the fact that the French Peace Society presented us with medals on account of our invention. We thought governments would realize the impossibility of winning by surprise attacks, and that no country would enter into war with another of equal size when it knew that it would have to win by simply wearing out its enemy.”
Orville Wright to C.M. Hitchcock, June 21, 1917
The Papers of Wilbur and Orville Wright: 1906-1948, (McGraw-Hill,:1953) p. 1104.
via Futility Closet.
Clark's Island was the first landing spot of the Pilgrims in Plymouth Bay. It remains…
Cromwell at the Battle of Nasby The unthinkable had happened! Englishmen were at war –…
Outer dunes of Cape Cod The Pilgrims hiked through landscape like this in their first…
During the summer we made the last big research trip for William Bradford research, and…
I recently came across some pretty salacious claims about William Bradford and the Pilgrims. As…
The Scrooby Manor farmhouse Two years ago, you may remember, we saw that William Bradford's…