Like most persons of a legendary stature, Edison had his critics, too. There are some who say that his greatest invention was his own fame, which he built at the cost of his associates as well as rivals. Edison’s supporters defend him, however, saying that his brilliance really deserved whatever fame he earned.
It has to be remembered, anyway, that Edison’s idea of inventing something was not always to create something out of nothing. For instance, many other people had made incandescent lights before Edison, but none of them were practically successful. What Edison did was to find a perfect, practical version of the idea. In any case, nobody can deny the fact that it was he who set the stage for a modern electric world.
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