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What a load of bollocks this story is - people born blind, even after operation which gives them sight take quite a long time to be able to make any sense of the imput from their eys, so this story is obviously untrue.

Lots of NICE storys from all. A 'STORY' really means nothing compaired to the purpose and ultimate out come. By the way Billy AND David. In this GREAT Country - we call this FREEDOM and the Free Interprise System. NO PLACE for a KING here - Andy

There is a book called '7 Habits of Highly Effective leaders'. In that, one of the habits is, ' Seek firts to understand, then to be understood'. I guess, ask the question first then make the judgement. I use it in my job and for bringing up my children so its for business and family too. Best thing I ever read.... if you want to know the author, PM me.

that same boy who could not talk, was accept to harvard earlier this year. it is not just by family either. i graduate wit honors from private high school i need to go to cos so bullied by 'mainstreamers'. but in all those years i could not talk, even with dyslexia i learnt to read (thank you uncle chris for take me to university of michigan to do that when i was 8!) so i read and read and read. someone else of me fam by his mother and later adopt to have the name did that also. oh i wish i could talk like he could. now i come descend from william and his son nicholas but me grandad and dad name for william and this man's first name, ward. i later take his middle name when i am confirmed (nicholas for the saint who love give gifts) so i become william ward (nicholas) boylston, iii also called "retard" when i was littler and it did crush me but i stay strong cos of faith and family. me dads ancestors did buy a lot of land when first come here from england. they run shops, make shoes, sell real estate and many other things. me blood is that of the man who develop the vaccine for small pox (zabdiel) and ward nicholas? well he was the son of captain hallowell who was chase out of america for being royalist. but ward nicholas, he want america to be independant of england. he stays and eventual zabdiel give him the boylston name so the estate can pass to him and eventual he gets back the house his father built (hallowell house) and does well. he is bestow a professorship at harvard in oratory practicum and not a statue for him there (he is bury at princeton) but to this day, not far from where i type this, stands this: http://harvardsquare.blogspot.com/2010/06/harvard-language-department-building.html ~ wealth does not normally come over night but from decades even century of hard work. not all who became wealthy in boston are stiff and snobby. 'just sayin' (omg how he would hate me say that!)

thomas, we may not see eye-to-eye on all things. but from a boy who once could not talk and his body shake and so many many many look at me not know that i can see and understand them but call me the "R' word (correct is 'intelligence challenged' but i'm an aspie and auties/aspies are not i/c) ~ well this story makes me just stand up with fists in air and say YES! dont judge a book by cover and even if cover may be accurate ~ always have compassion for others who may be suffering in ways you are bless not to! thank you for this post muchly!

that is so cool! yes, it is all about perception. fn awesome!

nice post

Halten Sie Ihre Zunge und sagen nichts. Is that what your dad said, letsGO?

i so agree with you, and also add "if you have nothing nice to say, then just say nothing" that's my philosophy, my dad used to say in german, "hold your tongue and say nothing" i'd love to be able to spell it, but i can say it

Subject: The refused gift

Don't judge people by appearances!

A lady in a faded gingham dress and her husband, dressed in a homespun threadbare suit, stepped off the train in Boston, and walked timidly without an appointment into the Harvard University President's outer office. The secretary could tell in a moment that such backwoods, country hicks had no business at Harvard and probably didn't even deserve to be in Cambridge.

"We want to see the president," the man said softly. "He'll be busy all day," the secretary snapped. "We'll wait," the ladyreplied. For hours the secretary ignored them, hoping that the couple would finally become discouraged and go away. They didn't and the secretary grew frustrated and finally decided to disturb the president, even though it was a chore she always regretted.

"Maybe if you see them for a few minutes, they'll leave,"she said to him. He sighed in exasperation and nodded. Someone of his importance obviously didn't have the time to spend with them, but he detested gingham dresses and homespun suits cluttering up his outer office.

The president, stern faced and with dignity, strutted toward the couple.

The lady told him, "We had a son who attended Harvard for one year. He loved Harvard. He was happy here. But about a year ago, he was accidentally killed. My husband and I would like to erect a memorial to him, somewhere on campus."

The president wasn't touched.... He was shocked. "Madam," he said, gruffly, "we can't put up a statue for every person who attended Harvard and died. If we did, this place would look like a cemetery."

"Oh, no," the lady explained quickly. "We don't want to erect a statue. We thought we would like to give a building to Harvard."

The president rolled his eyes. He glanced at the gingham dress and homespun suit, then exclaimed, "A building! Do you have any earthly idea how much a building costs? We have over seven and a half million dollars in the physical buildings here at Harvard."

For a moment the lady was silent. The president was pleased. Maybe he could get rid of them now.

The lady turned to her husband and said quietly, "Is that all it costs to start a university? Why don't we just start our own?"

Her husband nodded. The president's face wilted in confusion and bewilderment.

Mr. and Mrs. Leland Stanford got up and walked away, traveling to Palo Alto, California where they established the university that bears their name, Stanford University, a memorial to a son that Harvard no longer cared about.

You can easily judge the character of others by how they treat those who they think can do nothing.