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Mr.. EDIsoN-THE GREAT WIZARD
OF MENLo PARK-oN WORK

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of a few weeks from incessant Toll,
and he is enjoying his vacation with
the freshness and fervor of school
boy. He enjoys everything he sees.
and at the same time is giving the
world his views on philosophy and
many of the subtilities of life through
many of the newspapers of the United
States, who are following him in mis-
trip through France, Italy, Germany
and Switzerland.
Through the New York Worlds
correspondent from Interlaken,
Switzerland, Mr.. Edison is made to
say:
81 have so much to do. and life is
so short, I'm going to hustle"
This was Thomas A. Edison's reply
to friendly rebuke from a compan-
ion of his early struggles who found
him one morning porting over Cham
bers Encyclopedia, in which he had
been absorbed all night.
And Edison has always been a
hustler"
Seeing the great inventor Laughing
in his easy chair'-for Edison has
never forgotten how to laugh-one re-
Allies that this European easy chair
he is filling during a few weeks OF
travel does not fit him by nature
Easy chairs have been superfuous
things in his busy career. He person
ifies activity by his keen. clear eyes
his strong, determined mouth, by ev-
cry line of his striking face. Having
won a fortune on which to retire il
he liked, he chooses to work on for
works sake, despite his serenely &C
knowledged sixty-five years.
Edison will always work. not as
some people work, counting a few
hours day worthy maximum, but
with his whole extraordinary soul of
energy that reckons eighteen out of
every twenty-four hours a common.
place average of toll. And the reason
is that, in supplying modern times
with half their magic utilities. he
has been governed not by gold greed
but by pure love of science.
Hearing him talk of what he still
hopes to accomplish for humanity S
convenience, one may we'll believe
him a scoffer of the Osler age limit
theory. He seems always to be try
ing to make you forget that he repre-
sents the highest landmark of scien
tific progress. There never was a
more modest man. Yet his modesty
cannot conceal his outward marks OF
genius.
1t is an interesting coincidence OF
physiognomy that the upper half OF
Edison's head closely resembles that
of Napoleon. There is the same beau
tifully moulded brow, over which
falls that stran of hair made famous
by Houdon's busts of Napoleon. Both
seand as generals of force-Edisor
mastering the mysterious forces Of
nature as Napoleon directed the en-
ergies of vast armies. But Napo
Icons genius was destructive: Edi
sons has been constructive.
Edison. unlike Lots wife, never
looks back.
las soon as I've perfected thing
lose interest in it." he confesses. 81
think may say that l even hate it
l would go some distance to avoid
an incandescent lamp or a phone
graph
i And in thus expressing his restless
ambitions he always has a word Of
light derision for those who, having
i accomplished something in life
waste their time in basking in men:
applause.
Edison is a great believer in wha
science will give the world.
I'VE have just begun to exploit the
d. possibilities of the worlds resourc
es," he says. Science, which is to
day what religion has been in tn,
past, is only in its infancy In fact
= science is the only religion, for it i.
founded on the search after truth
Imagination is incapable of picturin:
what the world will be like in a hun
dred years or so through the office,
OF science"
: And in his passion to contribute I,
, that wonderful future of the race b.
: means of the hundreds of ideas still
teeming in his brain Edison find:
life too short
There is so much to do and nf,
is so short, is the cry of his late
years, as it was of his youth.
In going about Europe this sum
mer his estimate of foreign races i
governed by their capacity for work
He is merciless toward idleness. HI
quick eye notes the laborer on tn,
highway, and the energy with which
he is performing his task.