Failure to Find Solutions Is Result of Lack of Persistence, Not God’s Fault
“When an associate came to him one day and in forthright language declared that a long series of tests had proved negative and that whole venture was a waste of labor and money, Edison rounded on him and cried angrily, ‘Is that all you have to say for yourself?’ and then walked out of the room. To another who also assured him that a certain series of experiments gave progressively worse results, and that they simply posed ‘a problem without a solution,’ he replied with spirit, ‘I’ve been in the inventor business for thirty-three years, and my experience is that for every problem the Lord has made He has also made a solution. If you and I can’t find a solution, then let’s honestly admit that you and I are damn fools, but why blame it on the Lord and say He created something ‘impossible.”” (p. 418)