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eyes. Take away from the man of today his science 

 and he would fall to the level of the witch-doctor, and 

 his protection against disease, or the vicissitudes of na- 

 ture, would be reduced to incantations and a bag full of 

 amulets. 



Take from him the knowledge of the right way to 

 make fire, and he would fall below the level of the 

 cave man; the mantle and the sword of his culture 

 would vanish, the arteries and nerves of his social life 

 wither away. Rob him of his cerebral hemispheres, 

 and he would fall below the intellectual level of the 

 frog 



