![If he [Thomas Edison] had a needle to find in a haystack, he would not stop to reason where it was most likely to be, but would proceed at once with the feverish diligence of a bee, to examine straw after straw until he found the object of his search. ... [J]ust a little theory and calculation would have saved him ninety percent of his labor.](/assets/img/quote-photos/if-he-thomas-edison-had-a-needle-to-find-in-a-haystack-he-would-not-stop-to-re.jpg)
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