The mind can not conceive what man will do in the
Twentieth Century with his chained lightning.
—Thomas A. Edison
THOMAS A. EDISON—Photogravure from drawing by Gaspard
Some years ago, a law was passed out in Ohio, making any man ineligible to act as a magistrate who had not studied law and been duly admitted to the bar. Men who had not studied law were deemed lacking in the sense of justice. This law was designed purely for one man—Samuel M. Jones of Toledo. Was ever a Jones so honored before?
In Athens, of old, a law was once passed declaring that every man, either of whose parents was an alien, was not a citizen and therefore ineligible to hold office.
This law was aimed at the head of one man—Themistocles.