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His little girl came and said, "Why, you have a patent, haven't you?" The father said afterward, "My daughter told me when I took that stick and put the rubber on the end that there was a patent, and that was the first thought of that." HIS LITTLE GIRL CAME AND SAID WHY YOU HAVE A PATENT HAVEN'T YOU THE FATHER SAID AFTERWARD MY DAUGHTER TOLD ME WHEN I TOOK THAT STICK AND PUT THE RUBBER ON THE END THAT THERE WAS A PATENT AND THAT WAS THE FIRST THOUGHT OF THAT
rse that is all they would say. Did you ever see a man who struts around altogether too large to notice an ordinary working mechanic? Do you think he is great? He is nothing but a puffed-up balloon, held down by his big feet. There is no greatness there. Who are the great men and women? My attention was called the other day to the history of a very little thing that made the fortune of a very poor man. It was an awful thing, and yet because of that experience he--not a great inventor or genius--invented the pin that now is called the safety-pin, and out of that safety-pin made the fortune of one of the great aristocratic families of this nation. A poor man in Massachusetts who had worked in the nail-works was injured at thirty-eight, and he could earn but little money. He was employed in the office to rub out the marks on the bills made by pencil memorandums, and he used a rubber until his hand grew tired. He then tied a piece of rubber on the end of a stick and worked it like a plane.  JUST OLD ABE OF COURSE THAT WAS ALL THEY WOULD SAY DID YOU EVER SEE A MAN WHO STRUTS AROUND ALTOGETHER TOO LARGE TO NOTICE AN ORDINARY WORKING MECHANIC DO YOU THINK HE IS GREAT HE'S NOTHING BUT A PUFFED UP BALLOON HELD DOWN BY HIS BIG FEET THERE IS NO GREATNESS THERE WHO ARE THE GREAT MEN AND WOMEN MY ATTENTION WAS CALLED THE OTHER DAY TO THE HISTORY OF A VERY LITTLE THING THAT MADE THE FORTUNE OF A VERY POOR MAN IT WAS AN AWFUL THING AND YET BECAUSE OF THAT EXPERIENCE HE NOT A GREAT INVENTOR OR GENIUS INVENTED THE PIN THAT IS NOW CALLED THE SAFETY PIN AND OUT OF THAT SAFETY PIN MADE THE FORTUNE OF ONE OF THE GREAT ARISTOCRATIC FAMILIES OF THIS NATION A POOR MAN IN MASSACHUSETTS WHO HAD WORKED IN THE NAIL WORKS WAS INJURED AT THIRTY EIGHT AND HE COULD EARN BUT LITTLE MONEY HE WAS EMPLOYED IN THE OFFICE TO RUB OUT THE MARKS ON THE BILLS MADE BY PENCIL MEMORANDUMS AND USED A RUBBER UNTIL HIS HAND GREW TIRED HE THEN TIRED A PIECE OF RUBBER ON THE END OF A STICK AND WORKED IT LIKE A PLANE
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