Genius Sees The Answer Before The Question.

The Physicists Have Known Sin; And This Is A Knowledge Which They Cannot Lose.

When We Deny The Evil Within Ourselves, We Dehumanize Ourselves, And We Deprive Ourselves Not Only Of Our Own Destiny But Of Any Possibility Of Dealing With The Evil Of Others.

In The Material Sciences These Are And Have Been, And Are Most Surely Likely To Continue To Be Heroic Days.

We May Anticipate A State Of Affairs In Which Two Great Powers Will Each Be In A Position To Put An End To The Civilization And Life Of The Other, Though Not Without Risking Its Own. We May Be Likened To Two Scorpions In A Bottle, Each Capable Of Killing The Other, But Only At The Risk Of His Own Life.

This Is A World In Which Each Of Us, Knowing His Limitations, Knowing The Evils Of Superficiality And The Terrors Of Fatigue, Will Have To Cling To What Is Close To Him, To What He Knows, To What He Can Do. . .