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    He had been eight years upon a project for extracting sunbeams
    out of cucumbers, which were to be put in phials hermetically
    sealed, and let out to warm the air in raw, inclement summers.

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Electric telegraphs, printing, gas,
Tobacco, balloons, and steam,
Are little events that have come to pass
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Electric telegraphs, printing, gas,
Tobacco, balloons, and steam,
Are little events that have come to pass
Since the days of the old regime.
And, spite of Lempriere's dazzling page,
I'd give--though it might seem bold--
A hundred years of the Golden Age
For a year of the Age of Gold.

by Henry S. Leigh Found in: Invention Quotes,
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Want, the mistress of invention.

Want, the mistress of invention.

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Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but
they have sought out many inventions.

Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but
they have sought out many inventions.

by Bible Found in: Invention Quotes,
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A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience.

A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience.

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Only an inventor knows how to borrow, and every man is or should
be an inventor.
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Only an inventor knows how to borrow, and every man is or should
be an inventor.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson,

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The golden hour of invention must terminate like other hours, and
when the man of genius returns to the read more

The golden hour of invention must terminate like other hours, and
when the man of genius returns to the cares, the duties, the
vexations, and the amusements of life, his companions behold him
as one of themselves--the creature of habits and infirmities.

by Isaac D'israeli Found in: Invention Quotes,
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Everything that can be invented has been invented.

Everything that can be invented has been invented.

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We issued gorged with knowledge, and I spoke:
"Why, Sirs, they do all this as well as we."
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We issued gorged with knowledge, and I spoke:
"Why, Sirs, they do all this as well as we."
"They hunt old trails" said Cyril, "very well;
But when did woman ever yet invent?"

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She has a housewife's hand; but that's no matter:
I say she never did invent this letter;
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She has a housewife's hand; but that's no matter:
I say she never did invent this letter;
This is a man's invention and his hand.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Invention Quotes,
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