The Sky's the Limit - Marco Palmieri [188]
the ridicule he experienced over the years in his quest to become human? The indignities he sometimes suffered at the hands of those who did not understand? And yet, he always continued forward, never doubting what he was meant to do. Over the past year he especially suffered, given the removal of his emotion chip, which we saw as a major setback. But Data was never deterred—he simply absorbed the new circumstance and moved forward. In the end, he gave his life for what he believed in, embracing one of the most human characteristics of all, our capacity for self-sacrifice. It is an honor I’m not certain I was worthy of, but I will respect what he did for me by doing my best to live up to it.
There is another man whose life encompassed these values. He always did what he thought was right, like Data, from birth right up to the end of life. I’d like to tell you about him. Heaven knows it’s a story that cannot be told enough.
Let me tell you about the life of Thomas Bhupender Halloway…
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