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TECHNOLOGY > chemist, educator > George Washington Carver
When I was...
Vendor: TECH & SCIENCE
When I was young, I said to God, 'God, tell me the mystery of the universe.' But God answered, 'that knowledge is for me alone.' So I said, 'God, tell me the mystery of the peanut.' Then God said, 'Well, George, that's more nearly your size.'
Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations Library, 1997.
-- George Washington Carver, ( 1864-1943), US chemist, educator; He was a noted agricultural researcher who discovered many industrial uses for peanuts, soybeans, and sweet potatoes.