【新編大學英語】（第二冊）Unit 8 把時間花在為錢苦惱上（3/5）

Thomas Edison was one of that rare breed. Had the great inventor stored his money, he would have died a wealthy man. His first successful invention netted him $40,000,a huge sum in 1869. During his lifetime, he patented 1093 inventions, yet he departed the world penniless. Years later, his son Charles recalled his father's approach to money: “He considered it a raw material, like metal, to be used rather than amassed, and so he kept plowing his funds back into new objects. Several times he was all but bankrupt. But he refused to let dollar signs govern his actions."