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He became a famous inventor at 40 years old. His first invention was the electric vote recorder. If it werent for his mother he would be dumb. His mother took him out of school and taught him at home herself and years later Edison said "My mother was the making of me. She was so true, so sure to me, and i felt i must live for someone i must not dissapoint."

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