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The Fact Remains That, If The Supply Of Energy Failed, Modern Civilization Would Come To An End As Abruptly As Does The Music Of An Organ Deprived Of Wind.

It Is Curious To Reflect, For Example, Upon The Remarkable Legend Of The Philosopher's Stone, One Of The Oldest And Most Universal Beliefs, The Origin Of Which, However Far Back We Penetrate Into The Records Of The Past, We Do Not Probably Trace Its Real Source.

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.

The Energy Available For Each Individual Man Is His Income, And The Philosophy Which Can Teach Him To Be Content With Penury Should Be Capable Of Teaching Him Also The Uses Of Wealth.

The Dropping Of The Atomic Bomb Is A Very Deep Problem... Instead Of Commemorating Hiroshima We Should Celebrate... Man's Triumph Over The Problem [of Transmutation], And Not Its First Misuse By Politicians And Military Authorities.