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One of the most pleasant notes on Edison’s life is the time-worri story that he was “kicked out” of school because the teacher thought, he was too dumb to learn. That item of information has been the source of much consolation to many a pupil and parent. Of course, it has given no end of trouble to teachers: the proud mamma of every problem child is certain in her own heart ’ that her little Gerald (or Horace, or Percy, or John, or Bill) is a future Edison because ~—the teacher hasn't succeeded in ‘ pounding anything through his thick skull. • In eight decades of living, Thomas A. Edison, single-handed, did more to advance the living stan
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