![When I examine the conclusion [on experiments with the electric light bulb experiments published in the Herald] which everyone acquainted with the subject will recognize as a conspicuous failure, trumpeted as a wonderful success, I [conclude]... that the writer ... must either be very ignorant, and the victim of deceit, or a conscious accomplice in what is nothing less than a fraud upon the public.](/assets/img/quote-photos/when-i-examine-the-conclusion-on-experiments-with-the-electric-light-bulb-experi.jpg)
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