“Perhaps it is better in this present world of ours that a revolutionary idea or invention instead of being helped and patted, be hampered and ill-treated in its adolescence - by want of means, by selfish interest, pedantry, stupidity and ignorance; that it be attacked and stifled; that it pass through bitter trials and tribulations, through the heartless strife of commercial existence. So do we get our light. So all that was great in the past was ridiculed, condemned, combated, suppressed - only to emerge all the more powerfully, all the more triumphantly from the struggle.”
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Nikola Tesla
Nikola Tesla (July 10, 1856 - January 7, 1943) was a renowned inventor and engineer from Croatia, who later moved to the United States. He is best known for his significant contributions to the fields of electrical transmission and wireless communication. more
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