There Is Something Sublime About Its Aloofness

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.

I Believe That There Have Been Civilisations In The Past That Were Familiar With Atomic Energy, And That By Misusing It They Were Totally Destroyed.

The Ruling Passion Of The Age Is To Convert Wealth Into Debt In Order To Derive A Permanent Future Income From It - To Convert Wealth That Perishes Into Debt That Endures, Debt That Does Not Rot, Costs Nothing To Maintain, And Brings In Perennial Interest.

With All Our Mastery Over The Powers Of Nature We Have Adhered To The View That The Struggle For Existence Is A Permanent And Necessary Condition Of Life.

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.