James McNeill Whistler Quote

On failing a chemistry test at the U.S. Military Academy:

Had silicon been a gas, I would have been a major-general by now.


The Life of James McNeill Whistler (1908), E. R. and J. Pennell


Had silicon been a gas, I would have been a major-general by now.

Had silicon been a gas, I would have been a major-general by now.

Had silicon been a gas, I would have been a major-general by now.

Had silicon been a gas, I would have been a major-general by now.