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Show THE SCIENTIFIC IMAGINATION f I The scientific imagination seems to; Ic about the latest pha-e of the evo-' jutlon of the human mind thl3 pow-i er of interpretation of corcrcte facts,' this Mlltonie flight into time ami i space. Into the heavens above, and Into In-to tho bowels of the earth beneath. aud bodying forth a veritable history,; a warring of the powers of light and' darkness, with a triumph of the angcb of light and life, that make Milton's picture seem hollo wand unreal. Thr creative and poetical lrnav'.naticn has undoubtedly already reached its higb-( water mark. We shall probably nev er pee the great Imaginative worXo of the pa,st surpassed or even equak-d But in the world of business, or en-plneering. en-plneering. and of scientific dlscov-1 cry and interpretation, wo see the imagination im-agination working in new fields and' under new conditions, and achievri triumphs that mark a new epoch h the history of the race. Xatjre. whlcl, n'lce terrified man and nvide a cowarJI f i him. now inspires hiin and fill' him with love and enthusiasm. Jot; Lorroughs in Atlantic. |