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Show EDISON WAS 'I NOT ATHEIST west cr n:. N. J.. Oct. 20 -Thomas A. Is.li.-on had an nn-sh;ken nn-sh;ken belief in I lv existence of a 'yiiprei.ic inl f-jlie.enee," Arthur V;l1'! on-1 or 'Ui.' inti: inventor's closest ;is:;oekites sa id in denying report ..; Kisun was an atheist or an ayno.-:Uc. Walsh, spo.einan for the Edi-ji'.n Edi-ji'.n l'Liaiiiy, r.'laied several in-:i:mn's in-:i:mn's in whi. h th? inventor had indicated his fait h in a superior beincr. although hv L.ubsui ibed to no orthodox religion. : On one oecasinn. Walsh said, he j was seated in (lie laboratory where i Ediijon was drinking milk when the I inventor rtiised his glass to the I light and remarked reflectively. "But the almighty is the great ! chemist." Again, Walsh said when Edison suddenly discovered the key to an invention, he turned and said: "There must be a supreme intelli-j gence. Often when I'm working and I seem to be lost, the right ; thought seems to come to me and it has no relation to what I have been thinking about. That maizes me sure that there is a supreme in-J in-J telligence which controls us and gives us the key to thought." |