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They were not failures, they were new found ways of what does not work I can accept failure,everyonefails at something. But I can't accept not trying

Thomas A. Edison

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Thomas A. Edison
Age: 84 †
Born: 1847
Born: February 11
Died: 1931
Died: October 18
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