Show I There Shall Be Wings Wings' When Leonardo da Vinci standing standing standing stand stand- ing at the edge of the precipice on Mount Albano saw the flying machine machine machine ma ma- chine of his designing crash in inI inthe inthe inthe I the valley below he cried to the winds so one of his biographers states There shall be wings If the accomplishment be not for me for some other It shall be done The spirit cannot lie and man who shall know all and who shall have wings shall indeed be beas beas beas as a god Three years before Columbus' Columbus discovery of America da Vinci Vinc wrote in his notebook If the eagle can sustain himself in the rarest atmosphere if great ships can float across the waves why cannot likewise man by means of powerful wings make himself lord of the winds and rise conqueror conqueror conqueror con con- of space The question was answered the prophecy was fulfilled in the New World to which the ships of Tos- Tos canellis canelli's other pupil led the way America may proudly cherish the little shop of the Wright brothers which Henry Ford has made a apart apart apart part of his collection of significant American landmarks and which has taken on a world distinction from the deeds of the doers who worked there New N New ew York Times I I |