Summary: People said that Christopher Columbus would sail off the edge of the earth, but in 1492 he discovered America. <br><br> People laughed at the Wright brothers' attempts to create a flying machine, but in 1903 they flew the first airplane. <br><br> Albert Einstein's teachers failed him in school, but he went on to be the most famous scientist of the twentieth century. <br><br> Musicians and critics booed the music of Richard Wagner, but his compositions transformed the music world. <br><br> Westinghouse was called a fool for daring to stop a train with wind, but today his airbrakes are used the world over. <br><br> People called Abraham Lincoln a country bumpkin, but he went on to become one of our most respected presidents. <br><br> We smile at the crowd's failure to appreciate something new or different. But being wrong can be a serious problem when it comes to our relationship to God. Too much is at stake.
