I never pick up an item without thinking of how I might improve it. I never perfected an invention that I did not think about in terms of the service it might give others. I want to save and advance human life, not destroy it. I am proud of the fact that I never invented weapons to kill. The dove is my emblem.
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What hath God wrought?
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Nothing interferes with my concentration. You could put on an orgy in my office and I wouldn't look up. Well, maybe once.
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Everybody gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense.
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