Re: It has been done before

"Dragontamer" <prtiglao@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> "I haven't failed, I've found 10,000 ways that don't work."
>
> Just as an FYI, I thought this quote was from Thomas Edison.

Ooof. Good catch. Didn't Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) operate a
printing press? "In 1728, at the age of twenty-two (22), Ben opened
his own printing office in Philadelphia. His most famous publications
were a newspaper called /The Pennsylvania Gazette/ and his annual
/Poor Richard's Almanack/."*

Perhaps Thomas Edison read it from one of Ben's quotes? Maybe
not. It appears alot of people misquote Ben on the Internet. <g>

Looking at the language construction, it seems of a different mindset.
Ben's quotes quite often seem to come out like his mind naturally
appreciated humor and lacked concern about properness. The text,
"I haven't failed, I've found 10,000 ways that don't work," seems
very proper. You know? Ben seemed to let words roll out, while
that statement there appears carefully spoken. But what do I know?

Good catch and thanks.

Jim Carlock
"We don't know a millionth of one percent about anything."
Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931)
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* http://sln.fi.edu/franklin/printer/printer.html


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