1902.] on the Discovery of the Future. 25 



comprehend this future that defeats our eyes. All this world is 

 heavy with the promise of greater things, and a day will come — 

 one day in the unending succession of days — when beings, beings 

 who are now latent in our thoughts and hidden in our loins, will 

 stand upon this earth as one stands upon a footstool, and laugh, and 

 reach out their hands amidst the stars. 



[H. G. W.] 



