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...issue of Dec. 29 you state that "Thomas Alva Edison started life as a newsboy." I was surprised to learn that Mr. Edison had been such a precocious infant. It would not have been so startling had you merely said he started life as a barefoot boy, but a newsboy???that is too much...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jan. 5, 1925 | 1/5/1925 | See Source »

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