Footnotes

1. Roberts, Alison, The Sacramento Bee "Breathing Lessons," March 14, 1997

2. Boller, Paul F., Jr. Presidential Anecdotes, (Penguin Books: Kingsport, Tennessee, 1981), p. 266

3. "Thomas Edison," Concise Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia on America Online (Columbia University Press, 1994), 4-16-97

4. "Disabled Persons," Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia on America Online, /post-query/Grolier/Grolier/Meta0086295-0, 4-16-97

5."Helen Keller," Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia on America Online, /post- query/Grolier/Grolier/Meta0158570-0, 4-16-97

6. Tada, Joni Eareckson, Heaven, Your Real Home (Zondervan Publishing House: Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1995), pp. 17, 48-49, 209

7. Hubert, Cynthia, The Sacramento Bee, "Holding Tight to a Dream," June 8, 1997

8. Curtis Books, The Life and Times of Michelangelo (The Curtis Publishing Company: Philadelphia/New York, 1967), pp. 50, 71

9. DeTolnay, Charles, Michelangelo, Sculptor, Painter, Architect, (Princeton University Press: Princeton, N. 1975), pp. 100-102, 171

10. Nisenson, Samuel and DeWitt, William A., Illustrated Minute Biographies (Grosset and Dunlap: New York, 1964), pp. 11, 22.