Edison's dream

February 11 commemorated the 97th birthday of Thomas A. Edison, one of the greatest of Americans and the supreme inventive genius of the industrial age. The staggering list of hisinventions compels us to realize the extent of his contribution to the United States and to the world, not merely in our own days, but for all time to come. Already he has, through thedisciplined activity of his ideas, produced billions of dollars of new wealth.