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Cooley Hurd

(26,877 posts) Sat Mar 16, 2013, 09:03 AM Mar 2013

Nikola Tesla vs Thomas Edison. Epic Rap Battles of History

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Nikola Tesla vs Thomas Edison. Epic Rap Battles of History (Original Post) Cooley Hurd Mar 2013 OP

Message auto-removed Homerj1 Mar 2013 #1

My favorite Edison quote: "Great idea, Nikola! Glad I thought of it!" nt stlsaxman Mar 2013 #2

Looking forward to the day...... TinkerTot55 Mar 2013 #3

Nikola Tesla Wasn't God And Thomas Edison Wasn't The Devil ;) Rhiannon12866 Mar 2013 #4

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stlsaxman

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2. My favorite Edison quote: "Great idea, Nikola! Glad I thought of it!" nt

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Sat Mar 16, 2013, 10:18 AM

Mar 2013

TinkerTot55

(198 posts)

3. Looking forward to the day......

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Sat Mar 16, 2013, 01:01 PM

Mar 2013

....when History will be rewritten, revealing more "truth" and less "myopia."
Not that great contributions haven't been made already......but all people make History, not just men.
Not just rich men.
Not just powerful men.
Not just European men.

This series of Epic Rap Battles of History is fantastic! Great fun!

Rhiannon12866

(205,320 posts)

4. Nikola Tesla Wasn't God And Thomas Edison Wasn't The Devil ;)

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Sat Mar 16, 2013, 11:11 PM

Mar 2013

“It takes a thousand men to invent a telegraph, or a steam engine, or a phonograph, or a photograph, or a telephone or any other important thing—and the last man gets the credit and we forget the others. He added his little mite — that is all he did. These object lessons should teach us that ninety-nine parts of all things that proceed from the intellect are plagiarisms, pure and simple; and the lesson ought to make us modest. But nothing can do that.” – Mark Twain

http://www.forbes.com/sites/alexknapp/2012/05/18/nikola-tesla-wasnt-god-and-thomas-edison-wasnt-the-devil/

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