As I Stepped On The

I Put Up My Thumb And It Blotted Out The Planet Earth.

The Single Observation I Would Offer For Your Consideration Is That Some Things Are Beyond Your Control. You Can Lose Your Health To Illness Or Accident. You Can Lose Your Wealth To All Manner Of Unpredictable Sources. What Are Not Easily Stolen From You Without Your Cooperation Are Your Principles And Your Values. They Are Your Most Important Possessions And, If Carefully Selected And Nurtured, Will Well Serve You And Your Fellow Man.

There Are Places To Go Beyond Belief.

Well, I Think We Tried Very Hard Not To Be Overconfident, Because When You Get Overconfident, That's When Something Snaps Up And Bites You.

I Have Been In Relatively High-risk Businesses All Of My Adult Life. Few Of The Others, However, Had The Possibility Of Direct Gains In Knowledge Which This One Had. I Have Confidence In The Equipment, The Planning, The Training. I Suspect That On A Risk-gain Ratio, This Project Would Compare Very, Very Favorably With Those To Which I've Been Accustomed On The Past 20 Years.