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An invention that is quickly accepted will turn out to be a rather trivial alteration of something that has already existed.
Edwin Land
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Edwin Land
Age: 81 †
Born: 1909
Born: May 7
Died: 1991
Died: March 1
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Edwin Land
Edwin Herbert Land
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