英语翻译
Thescientificideabeingridiculedisnotsomewilddreamlikeeverlastingmotion,butthehumblelittleelectriclightbulb,whichthreegenerationsofmenhavetakenforgranted,exceptwhenitburnsoutandleavestheminthedark.YetalthoughinthismatterEdisonsawfarbeyondhiscontemporaries,hetooinlaterlifewasguiltyofthesameshortsightednessthatcausedtroubletoPreeceandCo.,forheopposedtheintroductionofalternatingcurrent.