December 1, 2009

Best Article Ever Written by a Man Who Was Just Hit by a Car

In 1931, Churchill was crossing Fifth Ave in New York and was hit by a taxi cab.

While recovering in the hospital, Churchill penned an article about his ordeal.

The excerpt below is classic Churchill:

I certainly suffered every pang, mental and physical, that a street accident or, I suppose, a shell wound, can produce. None is unendurable. There is neither the time nor the strength for self-pity. There is no room for remorse or fears. If at any moment in this long series of sensations a grey veil deepening into blackness had descended upon the sanctum, I should have felt or feared nothing additional.

Nature is merciful and does not try her children, man or beast, beyond their compass. It is only when the cruelty of man intervenes that hellish torments appear. For the rest, live dangerously, take things as they come. Fear naught, all will be well.

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