Having inspiration and dreams are prerequisites for career success, but. Without the spirit of persistence, many dreams and even good ideas can only be illusions.

C·L. Shores originally worked in a cigarette factory, and it stands to reason that he has nothing to do with typewriters. But due to a series of coincidences, he became the holder of this patent.

Shales is not very handsome, but he has a good mind and is serious and down-to-earth in his work. Therefore, people who have been with him for a long time will develop a good impression of him. Because of this, a female secretary in a company where he often delivered goods fell in love with him.

After marriage, Mrs. Shores still worked as a secretary, but due to the expansion of the company's business, her work became increasingly busy. Sometimes she would take her unfinished work home and write all night, which was really hard.

Shares was worried about exhausting his wife, so he had to help her copy. They often had to write until late at night, and the two of them often wrote with sore hands and arms.

One day they copied together until late at night. Shores said to his wife with infinite affection: "If you continue to be busy like this, you will not be able to bear it. When I was a child, I heard a story told by my grandmother. A man named Puxi Shen Sheng has 8 hands. I really wish I could have two more hands to help you do more.”

“Stop talking nonsense,” his wife said with emotion. If I really have two extra hands, I will turn into a monster and scare me to death!"

"Yes, I heard a colleague say before that someone is studying the use of It’s a pity that the man died before the research was successful. He said that if the research could be successful, it would be much faster than handwriting.”

“Writing by machine? Is there really such a machine? It’s so convenient. I don’t think it’s possible.”

“It’s hard to say. The human brain is an endless treasure. It can be said that when I first started working in a tobacco factory, it was full of everything. Part of it is done by hand, but now it is almost entirely mechanized. It’s hard to believe that those mechanical structures were made by humans.”

“I’ll ask that person again tomorrow.” Shores thought about it and said, "If we can find out some clues, why don't we study it ourselves?"

"What, you want to study a writing machine?" His wife almost screamed in surprise. Said, "You don't know anything about machines, and you actually want to invent a writing machine!"

"If I don't understand, I can learn slowly," Shores said. "Anyway, I must try it seriously this time." Give it a try, no matter whether you succeed or not."

"Why are you so serious all of a sudden?"

"Because you work too hard every time I think of you lying on the table writing. "I feel very sad because of the hard work," Shores said a little excitedly, "If this continues, you will definitely become a hunchback."

The next day, Shores went to find the old man. The person who told him the story about the writing machine was named Bai Jina. He was an old mechanic and was usually very nice to him.

"Why do you suddenly ask this?" Bai Jina said with a smile.

Shales told the inside story without any secret. After hearing this, Bai Jina laughed heartily, "If it were anyone else, they would definitely say your idea is ridiculous." He stopped laughing and said seriously, "But I know you, you consider the problem very seriously. , It's just that-" He hesitated before continuing, "You have little hope of success." Bai Jina found a model of the airframe nailed with wooden boards from the attic. Shores wiped off the dusty cobwebs one by one, feeling very happy. Shores said: "It's a pity that you didn't continue your research."

"To be honest, most of the things you see now were designed by an old friend of mine." "He is a German immigrant, and I have been taking care of him since he came here. This man is quite smart. After work, he is devoted to inventing. Unfortunately, he will not be there until the holidays." He died at the age of 40. When he died, he left this pile of things to me and told me that if I could make good use of it and study it, it would be a great fortune.

"At that time. I feel that his kindness is rare, and I really want to study it carefully. Besides, the idea of ??"writing with a machine" is very attractive. Unfortunately, I have been working on it intermittently for 10 years, and still haven't made much progress. Finally I decided to give up.

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After hearing this, Shores resolutely said: “I am determined to do this research work. I wonder if you are willing to let me take these things back for reference for my research?”

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“Of course, if you can successfully research it, it will be considered as fulfilling my dead friend’s wish. ”

So Shores moved all the prototype parts of the typewriter back as if he had found a treasure and began his research work.

The typewriter’s arm, according to the The current structure seems to be a natural form, but it was very troublesome for Shores when he was designing it because he was fooled by a concept that sounded simple but was difficult to implement.

< p> He believes that the distance between the key and the seal should not be too far. It is best to have the key at the top and the seal at the bottom. Just press it and the characters will come out. It is simple and easy to use. The size of the machine was reduced, but at the end of the research, he found that this idea was simply impossible to realize.

Because of the design with the keys on the top and the words printed on the bottom, the word arms cannot be too long, otherwise, It was coiled underneath like a tree root, which was complicated and impractical. However, the arm was too short and could not be used freely, which made him very distressed.

His wife saw that he was studying the typewriter. He forgot about food and sleep, and his body was getting thinner day by day. Now he saw that he was troubled by the difficulties in the research, and he was even more anxious. He advised him: "I'll forget it. Why should I be so serious? You are only studying this kind of thing to relieve your pain." My work burden, but after you have succeeded in your research and your body is exhausted, what is the use of such a thing?"

Late one night, Shores was tired from work and went to the yard. After taking a walk for a while, when he returned to the house and wanted to work again, he looked up and suddenly saw the side profile of his wife bent over writing. Maybe it was because Shores had been too busy these days and had little time to spend with his wife. Sitting there chatting; perhaps because of the silence of the night, his emotions became particularly sensitive.

At this glance, Shores felt a slight tremor in his heart. What a touching picture it was to see that beautiful shadow! He suddenly felt that it was no longer his wife sitting there, but the wonderful typewriter shape he had dreamed of, if his wife's head were used as the keys. The arm is used as a word arm. Isn't this structure an ideal design? Shores finally couldn't help but jump up and shouted: "Kitty, I succeeded!"

In the complete silence, Late at night, Mrs. Shores, who was concentrating on copying something, was startled when she heard this cry. She stared at her husband with big eyes full of panic and questioning, and said nothing for a while. /p>

Shales hurriedly ran over and hugged his wife, and said in a low and apologetic voice:

“I’m sorry, honey, I didn’t know I would lose my normalcy. This is the inspiration you gave me, my dear. ”

The panic in Mrs. Shores’s heart slowly dissipated, but her tears couldn’t stop falling.

Since then, he has devoted himself to research for another four years. , the typewriter finally came out.

Having inspiration and dreams are prerequisites for career success, but without perseverance, many dreams and even good ideas can only be illusions.