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or he will not. In the former case he will, after a 

 trial of strength, perhaps, ally himself with that 

 other race. In the latter alternative he will mould 

 all matter to his will. He will control the sun 

 with a switch like an electric lamp. His physical 

 acts will require a minimum expenditure of energy ; 

 but they will let loose or guide all the huge forces 

 of the universe. In proceeding to greater con- 

 quests, man simply draws upon the almighty power 

 within him. He is not alone in either world, 

 material or mental. He has infinite reserves in 

 both. His physical organism is specially adapted 

 to the conquest of the earth. When he proceeds 

 to greater spheres it may change; but the change, 

 we may anticipate, will not be as great as his 

 change of power. Man's powers have been 

 extended within the last centuries in enormous 

 disproportion to any changes in his body. In pro- 

 ceeding to control the solar system, man may 

 develop, or rather resume, powers now found only 

 in a rudimentary form. In taking control of 

 nature, man has lost many spiritual gifts once 

 possessed by his ancestors. Clairvoyance and tele- 

 pathy were once almost universal. They have 

 been deliberately atrophied in order to fit man for 

 the conquest of nature. The human mind not 

 only requires delicate senses and perceptions; it 

 also requires certain blindnesses and insensibilities. 

 :ie sensibilities have been crusted over. Man 



