Thomas Edison’s fire

by John on November 23, 2009

When Thomas Edison was sixty-seven years old, his factory was destroyed in a fire. This was his response the next morning:

There’s value in disaster. All our mistakes are burned up. Thank God, we can start anew.

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Sue VanHattum 11.24.09 at 08:07

Now that’s a positive thinker!

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