"The desire to fly is an idea handed down to us by our ancestors who, in their grueling travels across trackless lands in prehistoric times, looked enviously on the birds soaring freely through space, …"

"We were not as a matter of fact in the habit of thinking of the future. We were too busy with the present."

"The fact that the machine did not fall apart at the first gust of wind was a great encouragement."

"Our confidence in the ability of men to fly has not been shaken."

"The difficulties of the problem are so great that few have dared to attack it."