214 Evolution of the Mechanic Arts. 



and mental powers, conferred upon him by mechanisms. 

 Can almost infinite development take place in mechanisms 

 and in the mastery of man over Nature, and man himself in 

 his mental constitution, out of which they must grow, remain 

 stationary or not develop accordingly ? Ko. Nor can any 

 language now at command express that possible advance, for 

 language itself has to keep step in the grand march. Only 

 obscure mathematical formulas can embody it. Placing 

 Nature, with its limitless capacities, on one side of the 

 equation, we must put man on the other, with limitless 

 answering possibilities of mental development ; for is it 

 not the work of the human mind to realize those capacities ? 

 The equation thus formed being in the nature of a vitalized 

 equation, no development can occur on one side of the sign 

 of equality without rising simultaneously on the other. 

 The nature and direction of mental advance would seem to 

 be clear and necessary. 



In dealing with the natural forces involved in the Evolu- 

 tion of the Mechanic Arts, the tendency must be to bring 

 the human mind more and more into, or towards, harmony 

 with that Infinite and Eternal Energy in and through which 

 all forces operate, and by means of which all things have 

 their being and their mode of action. We may therefore 

 place a simple but perfect trust in the belief that in some 

 day of a far distant age Man shall indeed become fit to be 

 called a Son of God. 



