Read the following "couldn't be done items."
Let us hope that for everyone that says, "it cannot be done," there is someone that will say, "I think it can be done."
Thank the Good Lord for positive people.
Listen to these examples of inventions and ideas that some people said "couldn't be done" so they resisted the new.
1. The first successful cast-iron plow, invented in the United States in 1797, was rejected by New Jersey farmers under the theory that cast iron poisoned the land and stimulated the growth of weeds.
2. An eloquent authority in the United States declared that the introduction of the railroad would require the building of many insane asylums, since people would be driven mad with terror at the sight of locomotives rushing across the country.
3. In Germany it was proved by "experts" that if trains went at the frightful speed of 15 miles an hour, blood would spurt from the travelers' noses and passengers would suffocate when going through tunnels.
4. Commodore Vanderbilt dismissed Westinghouse and his new air brakes for trains, stating, "I have no time to waste on fools."
5. Those who loaned Robert Fulton money for his steamboat project stipulated that their names be withheld for fear of ridicule were it known they supported anything so "foolhardy."
6. In 1881, when the New York YWCA announced typing lessons for women, vigorous protests were made on the grounds that the female constitution would break down under the strain.
7. Men insisted that iron ships would not float, that they would damage more easily than wooden ships when grounding, that it would be difficult to preserve the iron bottom from rust, and that iron would deflect the compass.
8. Joshua Coppersmith was arrested in Boston for trying to sell stock in the telephone. "All well-informed people know that it is impossible to transmit the human voice over a wire."
9. The editor of the Springfield Republican refused an invitation to ride in an early automobile, claiming that it was incompatible with the dignity of his position.
--James S. Hewett, Illustrations Unlimited (Wheaton: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc, 1988), p. 407.
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Everything that can be invented has been invented.
Charles H. Duell, U.S. Patent Office director, 1899
Who the h--- wants to hear actors talk?
H. M. Warner, Warner Bros. Pictures, c. 1927
Sensible and responsible women do not want to vote.
Grover Cleveland, 1905
There is no likelihood man can ever tap the power of the atom.
Robert Millikan, Nobel prize winner in physics, 1923
Heavier than air flying machines are impossible.
Lord Kelvin, president, Royal Society, c. 1895
Ruth [Babe Ruth] made a big mistake when he gave up pitching.
Tris Speaker, 1927
The horse is here to stay, but the automobile is only a novelty.
The Michigan banker who advised Henry Ford's lawyer not to invest in the new motor car company.
Gone with the Wind is going to be the biggest flop in Hollywood history. I'm just glad it'll be Clark Gable who's falling flat on his face and not me.
Gary Cooper
--James S. Hewett, Illustrations Unlimited (Wheaton: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc, 1988), p. 408.
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And now for today.
Hugh Hewitt has a must read article posted by Dean Barnett:
BY 1939, ADOLF HITLER had put together the most fearsome fighting machine on the planet. The second most fearsome fighting machine belonged to Imperial Japan. The fear felt by the sentient few in the free world was exacerbated by the pathetic condition of the free world’s armed forces. England and the United States were virtually defenseless. The English had been particularly negligent in providing itself with the necessary airpower to protect themselves.
France possessed what in theory would be an effective army, but unfortunately when wielded it would be wielded by the French. The Central European countries had some muscle and a willingness to fight, but didn’t have any hope unless they received support from the larger powers.
Read the complete story here.
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