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A magazine editor told EMILY DICKINSON he could not publish her poems because they failed to rhyme.
LEO TOLSTOY flunked out of college.
TED TURNER was expelled from college.
The father of the U.S. space program, WERNER VON BRAUN, flunked algebra as a teen-ager in Germany.
LOUIS PASTEUR was rated as "mediocre" in chemistry by his professors at the Royal College.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN entered the Blackhawk War as a captain and was demoted down to a private before he left the service.
As a young Member of Parliament, MARGARET THATCHER was told she lacked the ability to make tough decisions.
As a young student, MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR., was told by a teacher that he would never be able to speak with enough emotion to inspire people to take action.
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