And, again, some of our own people have engaged in the sale of patented wares which they had reason to believe were not what they represented them to be. That so many of our people, some of them after being fully warned, will still suffer themselves to be deceived by the false statements of these vendors of patent rights, seems astonishing. Some patents are really valuable, and a few have made well on them. But it is my opinion that where one dollar has been gained, one hundred dollars have been lost. No reliance whatever can be placed on these patent-right pledges. And the fact that those engaged in them are, with few exceptions, downright deceivers and liars, makes it hard for an honest man, who has a worthy article, to obtain the credit and patronage due him. {1T 664.2}

Og desuden har nogle af vore egne folk engageret sig i salget af nogle patenterede varer, som de havde god grund til at tro ikke var det, som de gav dem ud for at være. At så mange af vore folk og mange af dem, var blevet fuldt advaret, stadig vil lade sig selv bedrage af falske oplysninger fra disse patent rettigheders sælgere, synes overraskende. Nogle patenter er virkelig værdifulde og få har fået gavn af dem. Men det er min holdning at, er der vundet en dollar, er der mistet et hundrede dollars. Uanset hvad, kan der ikke sættes lid til disse patent licenser. Og dem, som er involveret i dem er, med få undtagelser, direkte bedragere og (665) løgnere. Den kendsgerning gør det svært for en ærlig mand, som har en god vare, at få den anerkendelse og beskyttelse som tilfalder ham.