"It is apparent to me that the possibilities……" — Thomas A. Edison
"It is apparent to me that the possibilities of the aeroplane, which two or three years ago were thought to hold the solution to the [flying machine] problem, have been exhausted, and that we must turn elsewhere."
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279 Quotes by Thomas A. Edison
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