Errogie
08-Apr-12, 12:18
It's sometimes interesting to reflect on how some names remain in our consciousness down through the centuries. The immortality through their art earned by the efforts of a Burns, Shakespeare, Mozart or even the Marquis de Sade are understandable. Then there is the science and invention from James Watt, Marie Curie and Samuel Colt. Will Bill Gates still feature 200 years from now?
But perhaps one of the most interesting momentos to feature in anyone's family tree is to have a disease named after you, e.g. Hodgekinson's lymphona or Huntingdons Chorea and my own very small affliction Dupryn's contraction or Macrimmon's curse (incidently a marker for Norse genes) And of course the infamous Tourettes so beloved of comedians.
Invention, great deeds, art or notoriety how would you like to be remembered in 200 years from now, and would you want to be, when your personal attributes have faded from the memory, of your family and successors?
But perhaps one of the most interesting momentos to feature in anyone's family tree is to have a disease named after you, e.g. Hodgekinson's lymphona or Huntingdons Chorea and my own very small affliction Dupryn's contraction or Macrimmon's curse (incidently a marker for Norse genes) And of course the infamous Tourettes so beloved of comedians.
Invention, great deeds, art or notoriety how would you like to be remembered in 200 years from now, and would you want to be, when your personal attributes have faded from the memory, of your family and successors?