A Story Outline of Evolution 



millions of machines with Its film of oil without which their 

 wheels would not turn for a single day. As a fuel, It Is both 

 instant, regular and automatic. It has largely driven the 

 horses from the streets and roads and unhitched them from 

 the plow. It propels man's body over the roads and through 

 the air at a faster rate of speed than any living creature has 

 ever before traveled. It furnishes the power for lifting, 

 dragging and pulling the loads that once were done by mus- 

 cular force. Competent engineers tell us that there are 

 known sufficient reserves to last for hundreds of years. It 

 is more valuable than all the gold, silver and diamonds In 

 the world. In our modern and complex civilization, It Is as 

 Indispensable as the sunshine. It Is liquefied sunshine stored 

 away millions of years ago to be used by mankind when 

 Cultural Evolution under the Universal Plan had prepared 

 him for its use. When it shall have been exhausted, doubt- 

 less, then Cultural Evolution will have devised methods of 

 extracting from the sun's rays or their products sufficient 

 power to supplant the needs of the generations then living. 



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