THOMAS EDISON

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Under Category : Personality Biographies
Source: www.theatreworksusa.org

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A Picture of Thomas Alva Edison (Picture Book Biography) by David A. Adler, etc . Experiments by James G. Cook, Thomas Alva Edison Foundation (Contributor) .

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THE FOUR BIG LESSONS OF EDISON The life and inventions of Edison are presented in our presentation but an even greater effort has been made to present four lessons from the inventor’s life and work that the individual child can use over and over again: The Value of Hard Work – Edison’s most famous quote is “Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.” This comes from a man who was known to sleep and average of four hours a night, surviving on short cat-naps throughout the day. He periodically worked for seventy-two hour stretches in order to perfect an invention. But unknown to most is his balancing ethic of playing hard. Edison employees were treated to impromptu sing-alongs, poetry contests and satirical writing to help break the tension of difficult work sessions. Edison was a great prankster. Each of his laboratories was equipped with a pipe organ for sing-alongs. Is it chance his greatest inventions all focused on leisure?

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