These farewell words of Sholes form a suitable close to this story. He rendered the world of womankind a great service, he lived long enough to know it, and he died contented and happy in that knowledge. His closing words show that he thought more of this achievement than of any other service rendered by his invention.
In this anniversary year of the writing machine it is fitting that our thoughts should turn to the simple, gentle, kindly, modest, lovable man, who in his lifetime neither sought nor obtained rewards or honors, and whose very name is little known today in the great world of business which he transformed with his invention, or to the millions of women who owe so much to his efforts.
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| Title: | The Story of the Typewriter | |
| Author: | Herkimer County Historical Society | |
| Language: | English | |
| Original publication date: | 1923 | |
| Keywords: | Typewriter -- History |