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He had been eight years upon a project for extracting sunbeams
out of cucumbers, which were to be put read more
He had been eight years upon a project for extracting sunbeams
out of cucumbers, which were to be put in phials hermetically
sealed, and let out to warm the air in raw, inclement summers.
Want, the mistress of invention.
Want, the mistress of invention.
We issued gorged with knowledge, and I spoke:
"Why, Sirs, they do all this as well as we."
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We issued gorged with knowledge, and I spoke:
"Why, Sirs, they do all this as well as we."
"They hunt old trails" said Cyril, "very well;
But when did woman ever yet invent?"
She has a housewife's hand; but that's no matter:
I say she never did invent this letter;
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She has a housewife's hand; but that's no matter:
I say she never did invent this letter;
This is a man's invention and his hand.
Take the advice of a faithful friend, and submit thy inventions
to his censure.
Take the advice of a faithful friend, and submit thy inventions
to his censure.
Everything that can be invented has been invented.
Everything that can be invented has been invented.
A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience.
A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience.
Our inventions mirror our secret wishes.
Our inventions mirror our secret wishes.
Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but
they have sought out many inventions.
Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but
they have sought out many inventions.
