But equally important to the future of American industry was the new business and innovation model that Edison presented to the world.

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Of all the creative ideas presented at the conference, none was without an intriguing model for accessibility.

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Until the time I presented the group in model form, it had been assumed by all that the proposed statue was to be of a single figure.

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