refer to the post about ''the way we mend''
"In december 1914, a great sweeping fire destroyed Thomas Edison's laboratories in West Orange, New Jersey wiping out two million dollars' worth of equipment and the record of much of his life's work.
Edison's son Charles ran about frantically trying to find his father. Finally he came upon him, standing near the fire, his face ruddy in the glow, his white hair blown by the winder winds. "my heart ached for him," Charles Edison said. "He was no longer young, and everything was being destroyed. He spotted me. "where's your mother?" he shouted. "find her. bring her here. she'll never see anothing like this again as long as she lives"
The next morning, walking about the charred embers of so many of his hopes and dreams, the 67 year old Edison said, "There is great value in disaster. All our mistakes are burned up. Thank God we can start anew"
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