"Oh, I have slipped the surly bonds of earth, and danced the skies on laughter silvered wing; sunward I've climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth of sun-split clouds and done a hundred things you have not dreamed of - wheeled and soared and swung high in the sunlit silence. Hov'ring there, I've chased the shouting wind along and flung my eager craft through footless hall of air. Up, Up the long delirious burning blue I've topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace, where never lark or even eagle flew, and while silent lifting mind I've trod the high untrespassed sanctity of space, put out my hand and touched the FACE of GOD."
J.G. Magee Jr. (WWII Fighter Pilot)
