"I never pick up an item without thinking……" — Thomas A. Edison

"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."

— Thomas A. Edison

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