Problem description:

Why was the second sentence "Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration" deleted?

Analysis:

The whole content of this famous saying is:

Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration. But that one percent inspiration is the most important, even more important than that 99 percent sweat.

Edison

Of course, this sentence itself was not stolen, but the key sentence behind it was missed every time: "But 1% inspiration is the most important thing, even more important than 99% sweat." As you can see, without the last sentence, the meaning of the whole sentence has completely changed. Edison was of course a genius, and he also believed in genius. He holds a "conditional recognition" attitude towards genius, that is, genius is the most important, but genius also needs hard work. Edison admitted hard work, but in the final analysis, he paid more attention to inspiration. The first sentence is always the only sentence, which is equivalent to completely denying the meaning of inspiration.