A remarkable characteristic of the Americans is the manner in which
they have applied science to modern life... In England an inventor is
regarded almost as a crazy man, and in too many instances invention
ends in disappointment and poverty. In America an inventor is
honored, help is forthcoming, and the exercise of ingenuity, the
application of science to the work of man, is there the shortest road to
wealth.
-- Oscar Wilde, Lecture in England (1883) after return from America.
they have applied science to modern life... In England an inventor is
regarded almost as a crazy man, and in too many instances invention
ends in disappointment and poverty. In America an inventor is
honored, help is forthcoming, and the exercise of ingenuity, the
application of science to the work of man, is there the shortest road to
wealth.
-- Oscar Wilde, Lecture in England (1883) after return from America.
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