Reluctant Genius Quotes

“However, show-and-tell sessions at Beinn Bhreagh with his grandchildren inspired him to design—and publicize in the Volta Review (published by his Volta Institute)—simple experiments for children. “If their curiosity and interest can be aroused,” he wrote, “they will speculate for themselves as to the causes of the phenomena observed. This exercise of the mind is just what children need. It develops their reasoning powers and arouses their interest.”
― Charlotte Gray, Reluctant Genius: Alexander Graham Bell and the Passion for Invention

“desultory”
― Charlotte Gray, Reluctant Genius: Alexander Graham Bell and the Passion for Invention