The history of man is dominated by, and reflects, the amount of available energy

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 pure air and dazzling snow belong to things beyond the reach of all personal feeling, almost beyond the reach of life.

The whole profit of the issuance of money has provided the capital of the great banking business as it exists today.

An honest money system is the only alternative.

On our plane knowledge and ignorance are the immemorial adversaries.

The history of man is dominated by, and reflects, the amount of available energy