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The undiscovered world of Thomas Edison

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The Edison Papers project, which has been working with the papers of Thomas Edison since 1978, has gained insight into what made him a genius. He was a determined inventer who learned from his mistakes. His ability to reason by analogy and to manage a research staff also contributed to his success.

Biography, Records and correspondence, Inventors, Edison, Thomas Alva

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Thomas Jefferson: radical and racist

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As author of the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson earned a historically exalted status that has recently come under question. Research into Jefferson's life has produced an unflattering portrait of a man whose deeply held racial views have been conveniently overlooked by historians.

Case studies, Cover Story, Influence, Criticism and interpretation, Jefferson, Thomas, Historical revisionism, United States. Declaration of Independence (Declaration), Civil religion

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Personal File: Two Deaths in Rathmines

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An Irish writer describes the death of his agnostic father in 1927 and the effect it had on him and his family. The son was deeply distressed by his mother's grief, which was exacerbated by the clerical pressure she was experiencing from the Catholic Church.

Ireland, Personal narratives, Parent and child, Parent-child relations, Roman Catholics, Bereavement in children, Childhood bereavement, Agnosticism, Catholics in Ireland

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