A Teacher Sent The Following Note Home

The Injurious Agent In Cigarettes Comes Principally From The Burning Paper Wrapper. The Substance Thereby Formed Is Called "acrolein." It Has A Violent Action On The Nerve Centers, Producing Degeneration Of The Cells Of The Brain, Which Is Quite Rapid Among Boys. Unlike Most Narcotics, This Degeneration Is Permanent And Uncontrollable. I Employ No Person Who Smokes Cigarettes.

I Am Long On Ideas, But Short On Time. I Expect To Live To Be Only About A Hundred.

Genius? Nothing! Sticking To It Is The Genius! ... I've Failed My Way To Success.

I Am Not Overly Impressed By The Great Names And Reputations Of Those Who Might Be Trying To Beat Me To An Invention. It's Their 'ideas' That Appeal To Me. I Am Quite Correctly Described As 'more Of A Sponge Than An Inventor

When I Have Eliminated The Ways That Will Not Work, I Will Find The Way That Will Work.