The Gift of Fire

[electroweak]

The teacher and writer Richard Mitchell gave a speech in 1986 in which he said that Prometheus gave a greater gift than could be predicted when he stole fire from the gods and gave it to man. Before that moment, mankind had reacted to events. After it, we acted on our own, defining who we would be

Comments

[jvowles]

That was lovely.

[alycewilson]

Beautifully written. I wish I'd known him, but I don't think we crossed paths very often.