Some observations relating to edison

IT is with great gratitude that I accept this medal which commemorates the name of one who brought light to shed on all. If some of its luster is reflected on the Bell Telephone Laboratories I can accept it the more happily, for it is to Bell Laboratories, where I served for many years, and to its members and its sponsors, that I owe all that is symbolized by the bestowal of this honor on me. I could speak at great length about the accomplishments of that organization, but I would rather take this occasion to make some observations about the man for whom the medal is named and about some of his works.