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Quotation by Thomas Alva Edison
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Genius is one per cent inspiration, ninety-nine per cent perspiration.
Thomas Alva Edison (1847–1931), U.S. inventor. Remark by Edison c. 1903. Harper's (New York, Sept. 1932).
Edison, one of the most inspired and productive inventors of his time, received only three months of formal schooling.
Edison, one of the most inspired and productive inventors of his time, received only three months of formal schooling.
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