Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-26
EdisOn's Career Measured
AS One of Worlds Creates

Edison is placed among the immortalS
in the estimates of his career that have
appeared since his death. which rank
him among the few whose leadership
is recognized by all nations. The def
milton of genius as "the capacity for
hard work" is often quoted in praise
of the man whose industry as well as
versatility resulted in so many benefac-
tons to humanity.
HE will be remembered as a world
figure who bore his laurels modestly and
seemed to wish only for new revelations
of things kept secret by nature from
men," declares the New York Sun,
viewing him as one who "a score of
times met the impossible and laid it
low with the knowledge accumulated in
wakefulneSs, patience and endless en-
pertinent" The Rock Island Argus
says: 1.-THE whole world takes cog
nizance Of his passing and ranks him
among the greatest of its children. And
many to whom the tidings of that pass
ing come will unite in the prayerful
hope that light perpetual may shine
mstrously upon the soul OF Thomas
Alva Edison in that land whereof 1t is
recorded tat there shall be no night
there; and they need no candle, neither
the light of the SUM-
"The tabled PrometheuS," comments
the Atlanta Journal, stole fire from
heaven. The real Edison drew Splendor
from unseen pulsings Of our planet and
staked q higher epoch in its adventure.
What can we say Of such mind? AT
last, only this, that 1t witnesses to an
eternal creativeneSs and links the human
to the divine" The Cincinnati Times
Star also holds that he "exemplihed, as
no other figure in history, that there Is
In men q divine faculty to make natu-
raj forces do their bidding" The
Schenectady Gazette pays the tribute
that "he has been the greatest inventor
Of all times, making more important
gifts to humanity than any individual
so far as history tells US"
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Linking the present with the past, the
Akron Beacon Journal offers the judg-
ment: king David's remembered eulogy
at the grave of Abner, Know ye not
that there is q prince and . great man
fallen this day in Israeli has its echo
in the heart of every American. As
truly does our Nation sense also the
passing of one of its greatest. Thomas
A. Edison. Evidence Of the universal
love and esteem for Mr.. Edison was
given expression in the passionate IN
terest and loyalty with which the people
Of every nation attended the progress OF
his last illness, his heroic struggle for
life and the mastery which death at last
held over a career which had done so
much for human progress, comfort and
welfare. And now the gallant Tight is
over, At last the hands that wrought
such miraculous work are stilled, and
the great heart and brain that gave
them impulse rest in eternal sleep. but
with the immortal benediction OF tasks
well finished"
His life record Is q story as in
trenched in the popular consciousness
as the history Of Washington and Lin
coln," AYERS the Hartford Times, while
the Hamilton (Ontario) Spectator calls
him "the greatest inventor of his time,
II not of all time" and the Miami Daily
News states that mo scientific or in
ventiVe achievement. however epochal,
win eclipse the contributions Of Edison
to human progress" The Madison Wis
consin State Journal declares: His
name viii remain, throughout history,
inscribed upon the same shrine IS those
Of Christopher Columbus. Calico, Mich
olas CopernicuS, George Stephenson and
others who have given large scientific
contributions to the worlds advance
ment."
"As long as man remains on this
earth, he will, in all future times, be
affected and benefited by the diScov-
cries Of Edison" says the Chattanooga
more than any other man who ever
lived. Edison deserves the salutation