LITTLE THINGS COUNT
A thing cannot be too small to deserve attention. the first thing Sir Isaac Newton did, leading to his most important optical discoveries, was derived from a child’s soap bubble. The art of printing was suggested by a man cutting letters in the bark of a tree. Charles Goodyear neglected his skillet until it was red-hot, and this guided him to the manufacture of vulcanized rubber. The web of a spider suggested to a Captain Brown the idea of a suspension bridge. Watching a spider weave its web gave Robert Bruce the courage to try again. Henry Ford’s idea about a perfect watch plant gave him the plan for his giant motor industry. J. L. Kraft’s idea to put cheese in a sanitary package was the start of his enormous business.
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