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" Electrical science has revealed to us the true nature of light, has provided us with innumerable appliances and instruments of precision, and has thereby vastly added to the exactness of our knowledge. "

Nikola Tesla

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" The feeling is constantly growing on me that I had been the first to hear the greeting of one planet to another. "

Nikola Tesla

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" The apple cannot be stuck back on the Tree of Knowledge; once we begin to see, we are doomed and challenged to seek the strength to see more, not less. "

" When a coil is operated with currents of very high frequency, beautiful brush effects may be produced, even if the coil be of comparatively small dimensions. The experimenter may vary them in many ways, and, if it were nothing else, they afford a pleasing sight. "

" From my childhood I had been intended for the clergy. This prospect hung like a dark cloud on my mind. "

" Let the future tell the truth, and evaluate each one according to his work and accomplishments. The present is theirs; the future, for which I have really worked, is mine. "

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" Science knows no country, because knowledge belongs to humanity, and is the torch which illuminates the world. "