How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #10
"Have you ever thought about going into pollution prevention?"
"I did have an idea about how to distill oil and run a motor off it. It would be a lot cleaner than steam engines," Marjorie said, grinning. (55.90-91)
By asking this question, Grandfather attempts to redirect Marjorie's inventing impulse to something more constructive. And… we can kind of see it. Pollution-preventing technology would be much harder to turn against a whole town's population, right? We hope? If there's anyone who can start to invent things to improve people's quality of life, we think it's Marjorie. Probably with Arthur helping her out, since he's so bright.