Soon after, the company sent me a book about the life of Thomas Edison.

不久之后，公司寄给我一本关于托马斯·爱迪生的生活的书。

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Thomas Edison was a famous inventor.

托马斯·爱迪生是著名的发明家。

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Finally I chose the Thomas A. Edison Company.

最后我选择了托马斯·爱迪生的公司。

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He was a historical figure on the scale of a Thomas Edison or Henry Ford, and set the mold for many other corporate leaders in many other industries.

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Today, the electricity we use is carried along a grid of lines and wires that dates back to Thomas Edison, a grid that can't support the demands of clean energy.

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Another pictured a Thomas Edison stand-in.

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