Edison/education

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“Genius is one per cent inspiration, ninety-nine per cent perspiration.”
—Thomas Alva Edison (1847–1931)

“Tell my son how anxious I am that he may read and learn his Book, that he may become the possessor of those things that a grateful country has bestowed upon his papa—Tell him that his happiness through life depends upon his procuring an education now; and with it, to imbibe proper moral habits that can entitle him to the possession of them.”
—Andrew Jackson (1767–1845)