Charles A. Lindbergh

Charles A. Lindbergh recalled imagining himself with wings, swooping from his roof into the valley and soaring from one river bank to another. He said that accumulated knowledge, scientific discoveries, technology, ideas, art, social structures, and all human achievements have value only insofar as they preserve and improve the quality of life. He also said that science, freedom, beauty, and adventure were everything one could ask of life, and that aviation brought together all the elements he loved.

St. Paul, Minnesota · United States