... subjects, she also read to him a lot and taught him some English literature, including things from Shakespeare, Dickens and others. When he turned twelve he started a job at the Grand Trunk Railroad. Here he sold many things such as newspapers, candy, apples, and various other things. This was about the time he noticed his hearing was going downhill. Probably his hearing disability was cause ... earnings on electrical instruments and labs; he would take the instruments apart and put them back together. This was the very beginning of Thomas Alva Edison, soon to be known as one of the gre...

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