The Kindest People Who Do Good Deeds, Volume 3: 250 Anecdotes by David Bruce

Author:David Bruce
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: anecdotes, kindness, good deeds, david bruce, 250 anecdotes, kindest people
Publisher: David Bruce

Oscar Wilde’s father was the eminent physician William Wilde, a specialist in diseases of the eye and the ear. While practicing in Dublin, Ireland, he saw a need for a free clinic to treat the city’s poor. Therefore, although he was not a rich man, he founded at his own expense St. Mark’s Ophthalmic Hospital in 1844. (232)

POLITICS

“That Sounds like Jim Crow to Me”

In the 1950s, Doug Crouch was a member of the Texas House of Representatives. One day, during an appropriations hearing, he noticed that money was going to a school called Texas Southern University for Negroes. He frowned, turned toward Maury Maverick, Jr., and said, “That sounds like Jim Crow to me.” He then got an amendment passed that changed the name of the school to Texas Southern University. (233)

“Had I Met General von Manstein During the War, I Would have Shot Him on Sight”

The Lord de l’Isle and Dudley became very unpopular after World War II because he organized a legal defense fund for Nazi German Field Marshall Erich von Manstein. However, he explained his action well: “Had I met General von Manstein during the war, I would have shot him on sight. I am not concerned with whether von Manstein is guilty or not. I simply want sufficient money to insure that he will be properly represented in his trial, by a British barrister … I want Britain’s reputation upheld.” Far from being a supporter of the Nazis, the good man simply wanted General von Manstein to have a fair trial lest Britain’s reputation for justice be sullied. (234)

“Go Ahead. Impose”

President John F. Kennedy occasionally stayed at West Palm Beach, Florida, and the students at Conniston Junior High School used to see him driving a convertible or sailing a boat. As part of a “People to People” program, the students were making a film for a partner school in Greece to show the Greek students what life in the United States was like, and so they decided to write a letter to the President asking him to appear in the film. Unfortunately, they received a polite no from one of the President’s aides. Later, one of the students’ mothers saw President Kennedy parked along a street, so she approached him and asked, “May I impose on you, Mr. President?” President Kennedy smiled and replied, “Go ahead. Impose.” The student’s mother then explained about the film and asked him to appear in it. This was the first that President Kennedy had heard about the film, and although his schedule, of course, was extremely tight and he was leaving West Palm Beach within the hour, he said that if the students and the film equipment could be at the airport in an hour, he would be happy to appear in the students’ film. Everything worked out well, the film was made, and the mother marveled about President Kennedy, “I just can’t get over his kindness in doing it—and I’m a Republican!” (235)

“Have I the Honor of Addressing General

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.