Man Cannot Influence In This Respect The

The Pure Air And Dazzling Snow Belong To Things Beyond The Reach Of All Personal Feeling, Almost Beyond The Reach Of Life.

The History Of Man Is Dominated By, And Reflects, The Amount Of Available Energy

For A Modern Ruler The Laws Of Conservation And Transformation Of Energy, When The Vivifing Stream Takes Its Source, The Ways It Wends Its Course In Nature, And How, Under Wisdom And Knowledge, It May Be Intertwined With Human Destiny, Instead Of Careering Headlong To The Ocean, Are A Study At Least As Pregnant With Consequences To Life As Any Lesson Taught By The Long Unscientific History Of Man.

The Real Value Of Science Is In The Getting, And Those Who Have Tasted The Pleasure Of Discovery Alone Know What Science Is. A Problem Solved Is Dead. A World Without Problems To Be Solved Would Be Devoid Of Science.

Innumerable Entirely New Compounds Have Been Produced In The Last Century. The Artificial Dye-stuffs, Prepared From Materials Occurring In Coal-tar, Make The Natural Colours Blush. Saccharin, Which Is Hundreds Of Times Sweeter Than Sugar, Is A Purely Artificial Substance. New Explosives, Drugs, Alloys, Photographic Substances, Essences, Scents, Solvents, And Detergents Are Being Poured Out In A Continuous Stream.