He established a laboratory in New Jersey, and invented the electric light, telegraph, phonograph, film machine, magnetic mineral analyzer, crusher and so on for more than 2000 kinds of things in his life. Edison's strong research spirit made him make great contributions to the improvement of human lifestyle.
2. Chen Ping put up with humiliation and studied hard.
Chen Ping was famous in the Western Han Dynasty. When he was young, his family was poor and he lived alone with his brother. In order to maintain his father's orders, he was brilliant, childless and studied behind closed doors, but he could not get his sister-in-law's permission. In order to eliminate the contradiction between brother and sister, he endured humiliation again and again. With the intensification of his sister-in-law, he finally ran away from home and wanted to travel around the world. After being rescued by his brother, he no longer cared about the past. Finally, an old man came here to teach for free. After he finished his studies, he assisted Liu Bang and achieved great success.
3. The story of Shiyang rubbing his feet at night.
Shi Yang, a famous worker leader in the Seven Strikes, was born in a poor family when he was a child and could not afford lamp oil. There is an ancient temple in the village called Longxingguan. There is an ever-burning lamp in the temple. He is studying in the ancient temple. Winter is cold, and frozen feet are uncomfortable. At first, he stood up and stamped his feet from time to time. Later, he felt it was a waste of time, so he cut a smooth stick and put it under his feet. While reading a book, he rubbed the stick back and forth with his feet to warm his feet. He can study with peace of mind again.
4. The story of Zhu Huasha.
Zhu was very clever when he was young. When he just learned to speak, his father pointed to the sky and told him, "This is the sky." Zhu asked, "What is beyond the sky?" Father Zhu Song was very surprised. When he was at school, he read him the filial piety. After reading it, he wrote the following words in the book: "Unfamiliar, waste your life."
5. Cao Yu's reading story
During the Anti-Japanese War, Cao Yu taught at Jiang 'an National Theatre in Sichuan. One summer, Cao Yu's family had prepared a bathtub and hot water for him to take a bath. Cao Yu was reading a book at this time, and he couldn't put it down. He pushed again and again. Finally, under the repeated urging of his family, he walked into the back room with a towel in one hand and a book in the other.
An hour passed and no one came out. There was a faint sound of running water from time to time in the room. After another hour, the situation is still the same. Cao Yu's family was puzzled. They opened the door and saw Cao Yu sitting in the bathtub, reading a book in one hand and patting the water intentionally or unintentionally with a towel in the other.