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Mr. Alexander Graham Bell claims to have invented [photophone transmitter], though really it was created through a collaborative effort with Mr. Charles Sumner Tainter. In all honesty,_ she said, __ great inventor needs a healthy amount of conceit. Mr. Bell and, fellow inventor, Mr. Edison would declare they__ created the moon and the tides between them if they could get away with the claim.
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Mr. Alexander Graham Bell claims to have invented [photophone transmitter], though really it was created through a collaborative effort with Mr. Charles Sumner Tainter. In all honesty,_ she said, __ great inventor needs a healthy amount of conceit. Mr. Bell and, fellow inventor, Mr. Edison would declare they__ created the moon and the tides between them if they could get away with the claim.

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