The scientific man does not aim at an immediate result. He does not expect that his advanced ideas will be readily grasped. His duty is to lay the foundation for those who are to come, and point the way.
AC electrical system, inventor
The scientific man does not aim at an immediate result. He does not expect that his advanced ideas will be readily grasped. His duty is to lay the foundation for those who are to come, and point the way.
AC electrical system, inventor
My Inventions: The Autobiography of Nikola Tesla
1919
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