The practical success of an idea, irrespective of its inherent merit, is dependent on the attitude of the contemporaries. If timely it is quickly adopted; if not, it is apt to fare like a sprout lured out of the ground by warm sunshine, only to be injured and retarded in its growth by the succeeding frost.

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"I could only achieve success in my life through self-discipline, and I applied it until my wish and my will became one."

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"Be alone, that is the secret of invention; Be alone—that is when ideas are born."

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