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Show Learning From The Whale There are many pecple in Mt. Pleasant who laugh at what they call the fool pursuits of scientists. They fail to appreciate the scientific mind, or the probability that discoveries dis-coveries in one investigation may disclose principles of great importance import-ance to mankind. For example, a scientist is now making a study of the whale. Why? Because the great sea mammal possesses pos-sesses a secret that might be of value to men. Sometimes, for an hour, the whale goes under water, and stays under. What becomes of the carbon dioxide which he generates? gen-erates? If the whale has some method of disposing of this poison is it not possible that, once discovered, dis-covered, scientists may be able to reproduce for men the same condition? con-dition? Well, nays the doubters, what of' It? Well say we, this might save the lives of a mirabor of submarine sailors It might spare hundreds of miners and save their lives wh':n buried within the mines. It might do more than this. What it might do we cannot toll, but the scientist will find out for us if we give him a chance. |