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The Laws Expressing The Relations Between Energy And Matter Are, However, Not Solely Of Importance In Pure Science. They Necessarily Come First In Order ... In The Whole Record Of Human Experience, And They Control, In The Last Resort, The Rise Or Fall Of Political Systems, The Freedom Or Bondage Of Nations, The Movements Of Commerce And Industry, The Origin Of Wealth And Poverty, And The General Physical Welfare Of The Race.

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.

Nature Is In Austere Mood, Even Terrifying, Withal Majestically Beautiful.

It Is Probable That All Heavy Matter Possesses - Latent And Bound Up With The Structure Of The Atom - A Similar Quantity Of Energy To That Possessed By Radium. If It Could Be Tapped And Controlled What An Agent It Would Be In Changing The World's Destiny! The Man Who Put His Hand On The Lever By Which A Parsimonious Nature Regulates So Jealously The Output Of This Store Of Energy Would Possess A Weapon By Which He Could Destroy The Earth If He Chose.

[the Human Control Of Atomic Energy Could] Virtually Provide Anyone Who Wanted It With A Private Sun Of His Own.