148 THE SEVEN FOLLIES OF SCIENCE 



It is not likely, however, that the pigeon-post will ever 

 again come into use for this purpose ; our interest in it 

 is now merely historical, for in the next great siege, if we 

 ever have one, the wireless telegraph will no doubt take 

 its place and messages, which no hawks can capture and no 

 guns can destroy, will be sent directly over the heads of 

 the besiegers. 



But let us hope and pray, that the savage and unneces- 

 sary war which is now being waged in the east will be the 

 last, and that in the near future, two or more of the great 

 nations of the globe will so police the world, that peace on 

 earth and good will toward men will everywhere prevail. 



