There Is Something Sublime About Its Aloofness

On Our Plane Knowledge And Ignorance Are The Immemorial Adversaries.

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.

There Is Something Sublime About Its Aloofness From And Its Indifference To Its External Environment.

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

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.