The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1909-11-26
MANS coNQUEST CT THE FORCES
OF NATURE

showing WIN the SeaFOfI~. ana HtNt|
until then.-Ocala Evening Star.
Nature and natures God created
.,he world and the fullness thereof
Man was given dominion over il. and
liz was LEFT for him to fashion the raw
material which was supplied to hin
lin abundance. into shape
/ A panoramic view Of The world
showing how il looked when il was
/ first created and how it looks today
would show how Well man has sue
|ceeded in his wonderful mission.
After the fall when he was driven
from the garden of Eden. and was
made TO earn his bread by the sweat
iof his face" man was but little re-
moved from the lower animals. He
/ lived in caves and clothed himself in
the skins Of wild beasts. But he
could stand erect. No other animal
could do that. He had another adj
vantage over all other created things.
He was supplied with four fingers and
a thumb No other animal was so ia
vored. In welding club and hurting
a stone this gave him an immense adj
vantage. Without the thumb man
could never have attained his present
superiority. because without it. it
would have been impossible for him
10 have fashioned the raw material
into the finished product.
Mans first mode Of locom0iOn was
his feet. Nature failed 10 provide him
with wings. This was fortunate. for
il nature had done so man would
have been only a cherub and his
achievements would have been nil
When man first venrured forth over
mountains and the desert wastes. or
through the painless woods. days
journey was reckoned on the tips OF
his fingers. but now mile posts are
counted as mere minutes on the dial.
In the way Of travel has man made
no improvement on nature?
Mans first effort 10 accelerate his
speed was in conquering the OK and
the ass and making of them beasts
CT burden. II was his beginning in the
humiliation OF space. That this was
regarded as no mean accomplishment
is emphasized by the fact that Christ
made his triumpha! entry into Jeru-
salem astride an ass.
The next great step il this direc-
ton was his conquest of the horse.
Note. if you please. how the horse has
figured in history. How he has shifted
the smoke of battle: how he has de-
( lighted thousands il the chariot rae
/ Is: low today the race track is the
center CT attraction for thousands.
In mans conquest OF the forces OF
nature the horse has enabled him 10
/ quicken has speed.
When man saw that a log would
float on the wafer ne instantly be-
came master Of the seas.
The distance between the dug-ou,
and the Lusi,ania is long and tedious.
! bur the thought behind the one led
iup 10 the other.
II man had been content 10 have
remained where nature placed him
The seas would not have been as q
! trodden pathway in contributing Jc
his necessities and his pleasures.
! Everywhere and on all sides man
has made the forces Of nature supply
his wants and respond 10 his desires
He felled the forests and fashioned
the trees into beautiful homes: he
chiSeled the rugged rocks into sub.
lime shapes, he has made a whisper
ing gallery Of the winds.
Impatient of speed he has tunneled
under rivers and under mountains f.:
harneSsed with steam. and hurrying
along on ribs Of steel. he has made
the iron horse" a familiar figure.
ieven n remote hamleIs.
The automobile and the flying ma
chine are the latest appliances with
which man Is trying 10 improve on
the slow going" pedesJals that nature
gave him.
Mans restlessness and desire units
him 10 rest Idly and contentedly in
the lap OF nature ike a babe. and his
perfection OF the locomotive engine
and his efforts 10 navigate the air are
samples of his achievements in brid-
ling the forces Of nature and making
them do his bidding the same as the
ass and the OK.
So with these accomplishments and
achievements. why should we in the
interior be held down by ancient ira
diuons? Why should we be told that
because nature has not done so and
so for Us that We must hold our peace
and not create a disturbance