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tions of the earth — he must search the stretches of the desert, the realms 

 of frost and eternal snow and the expanse of the sea. It is not enough 

 to know the length and breadth of the earth — he must scale the 

 heights of the mountains and penetrate the secrets of the great deep. 

 Alexander weeping because, as he thought, there were no more worlds 

 to conquer, is an ancient type of that same masterful spirit of which 

 Kipling is the mighty modern prophet. But modern Alexanders 

 find no place for tears. 



According to competent judges, the submarine is to-day ready to 

 serve mankind; the 'Holland' to make war less popular, the 'Argonaut' 

 to make peace more valuable. 



We should take genuine pride, should we not, in the fact that 

 citizens of our own country are to-day foremost in the construction 

 and use of these mighty engines? 



Fig. 10. The 'Argonaut' Submerged. 



