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truly ready for a thing, it puts in its appearance.”

came here to go into business with Edison, and I’ll accomplish this end if it takes the remainder of my life.”

When the opportunity came, it appeared in a different form, and from a different direction than Barnes had expected. That is one of the tricks of opportunity. It has a sly habit of slipping in by the back door, and often it comes disguised in the form of misfortune, or temporary defeat. Perhaps this is why so many fail to recognize opportunity.