I told [John Kruesi] I was going to record talking, and then have the machine talk back. He thought it absurd. However, it was finished, the foil was put on; I then shouted 'Mary had a little lamb', etc. I adjusted the reproducer, and the machine reproduced it perfectly.[ On first words spoken on a phonograph.] Thomas A. Edison
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  3. When you have exhausted all possibilities, remember this - you haven't.
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