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The Inventor Enters Heaven
Rorty, James | March 12, 1930 issue

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For some years a deaf old man had contemplated his departure from the terrestrial scene without reluctance, without fear, but with a certain characteristic curiosity. Perhaps for that reason his translated self was moved to linger briefly, before beginning its celestial journey, to assist at the unprecedented tribute with which the U.S. honored the memory of her greatest inventor. Promptly at half-past eight on the evening of the funeral, main switches of the power stations clicked in unison, and in darkness the U.S. mourned her loss.

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DEATH; INVENTORS; FUNERAL rites & ceremonies; MOURNING customs; BEREAVEMENT; UNITED States
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