Section II 



iriosity Is the Spur to In 



The whole world is a 

 mass of movement; nothing is absolute 



. M^ changes and everything moves, or is 

 made up of moving parts. Our observation sees 

 the movement and we know that there must be 

 a reason for every one of these changes and for 



: y single movement. So when we tee some- 

 thing for the first time we arc impelled to ask, 

 iy, and what is it?" To notice this action in 

 full operation, it is necessary to refer to the young- 



> again. The continual emphasis on "\Vh 

 is a natural part of the conversation of children 



i older people, and when the children begin to 

 question with this eternal "\\\\\ r" of theirs, we 

 begin to realize how little we know and how much 

 we have accepted on faith. 



Some of us who have grown old and somewhat 



,al are inclined to say that these movements 



of life about us, and icvelopmcnts which 



occur all around are dependent on chance or luck. 



But, because of our experiences with objects and 



rncnts we come to know that there 



must be a reason for everything, so arc impelled 



to ask why the thing which we observe occ 



this curiosity, this desire to find out the ob- 

 ject of or the reason for the occurrence which we 

 f observed, that is the beginning of knowledge. 

 It is the endeavor to answer this and the other 

 questions which arc related in our minds that en- 



