Herbert Hoover actually said...

I mourn his passing as a personal friend over a quarter of a century.

I mourn his passing not only as one of the greatest men our nation has produced but as a personal friend.

That distinction came abundantly to Thomas Alva Edison whose death in his 85th year has ended a life of courage and outstanding achievement.

His lifelong search for truth, fructifying in more than a thousand inventions, made him the greatest inventor our Nation has produced, and r...