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nuMilal, lias oui" S('(iii()i;i witnessed not jciloiis jxjwcrs and |)r'mci|)alil ics and 

 niercly in its lil"(' time. I)ut in a small t li" ('(|ually hit tci' (•(inflicts of lahoi" and 

 traction ol" its lite tim(\ And what capital undei' stress of economic con- 

 may the setnllini^s exj)ect to hehold, ditions will existing, civilization cohk- 

 provicUul tlieir career is not cut short crashin<»; to an oiul mid from the .-uin^ 

 by fin^ or ax? Which of Wells' two of the ]>J'<'^<''d' a future an(n)etter civil- 

 sokitions of tlu^ World ProbhMii will izalion evolve in the slow march of 

 ])rove to he correct".^ Will mankind centuries to come'.' The S(Hiuoia of 

 pass throu^'h existing coiuUtious and, the days to come will have lixcd 

 ])ur<2;ed as by fir(\ ris(> to luM<i;hts now throuiih it all.* 



undreamed of, or in the conflicts of *Written in February. J014. 



NEARIMG THE END 

 A Loggint; Camp in a California Forest. 



