Suppose Robert Fulton had accepted the issuing vapor of the tea-kettle as a mere phenomenon without seeking in it the opportunity for a mighty purpose; suppose that Cyrus W. Field or marconi, or Edison or Ericsson, or the hundreds of others who by their inventive genius have been a blessing to mankind, had been contented with simply dreaming of the stupendous undertakings which they achieved!
"A Fleece of Gold Five Lessons from the Fable of Jason and the Golden Fleece"
Charles Stewart Given
James Watt, Robert Fulton, Elias Howe, Eli Whitney, S.F.B. Morse, marconi, Alexander Graham Bell, the Wright Brothers, and nearly all of our other great inventors have also been men whose habit was slender.
"Analyzing Character"
Katherine M. H. Blackford and Arthur Newcomb
He knew that Southminster Castle had been put into wireless touch with the great marconi office in Parliament Square, and that a failure to be answered meant that something unexpected had happened.
"Dawn of All"
Robert Hugh Benson