At twelve, Marconi became interested in physics, chemistry and electrical research. At fifteen, as a student of the University of Bologna, he first read of the wireless waves which could span the earth, and he felt the urge to explore their use as a means of rapid communication.
At twenty-one, Marconi started on his life’s project, whose accomplishment involved a number of difficulties. But undaunted, he pursued his goal. His new equipment complete, twenty-two-year-old Marconi received quick recognition by big business companies and the Government of Britain.
Thomas Edison, the great inventor, equally owed his achievements to the diligence he displayed in his youth. Edison had developed a very inquisitive mind, and was always asking, “Why am I here?” This showed his burning desire to unravel the secrets of nature for the benefit of his fellow-beings.
At the age of six, he set fire to his father’s barn just to see what would happen. The barn burnt to the ground and Thomas also got burnt with it. But this did not dampen his inquisitive spirit. In fact, he was so eager to learn from every source that he approached even strangers without any hesitation answers to his questions.
At the age of ten, when most boys read adventure stories or comics, he read serious books on chemistry. At 15, he became editor and publisher of the Weekly Herald. In short, he fully realised the significance of creative living at an early age.
He had cultivated such a zest for living that he considered waste of even a single minute as criminal. This is why he was able to make innumerable inventions whose significance we cannot forget in our daily life even for a while.
As long as we listen to recorded music, get pleasure in a cinema house, travel in comfort in an electric train or read with the aid of an electric lamp, we are using a gift given to us by Edison.
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