![So [Polaroid's Dr. Edwin] Land, at 75, went off to spend the remainder of his life doing pure science, trying to crack the code of color vision. The man is a national treasure. I don't understand why people like that can't be held up as models: This is the most incredible thing to be - not an astronaut, not a football player - but this.](/assets/img/quote-photos/so-polaroids-dr-edwin-land-at-75-went-off-to-spend-the-remainder-of-his-lif.jpg)
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