The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-01-23
"ON BOARD THE GOOD SHIP EARTH
lite .onh 71,ng Wo,1A WotsAipmg--Foreel4
BY HERBERT QUICK.

There are black, dead cold planets in the voids Of
space among the bright stars OF heaven--thousands
OF them-perhaps millions. They do not shine When
they between and star the light OF the star
goes out Some OF them are twinned with SHINING
star. the dead twin and the live one revolving as
though connected like dumb-bes by an Invisible roo
Some such stars are variable intermittent the
bright dimming disappearing as the dark one
comes between its shining twin and us.
These dead and dead worlds have lost great
deal OF their force energy. Perhaps some of them
still have much have we-for our good airship
Earth. does not shine sun, but only glows moon
like. These worlds. though dark, may be habitaDle
We do not know. But we cannot see how any world
support life. which does not receive from some
sun which With force to be habttabfe
supply which the magic slime, Protoplasm. may
work up into living beings
The force we get hourly from the sum- may use
as a family uses such income life annuity.
All we get out of II belongs to us. and when we
die, far concerned, 1t stops II we don't
get all we out OF IL, are foolish. We are
Passengers the Ship--and II we do not use the
sunshine the wind and the waters that now and
surge in tides OF all about have ourselves
and our ignorance and inefheiency to blame
But in the decking OF the ship-in that thin crust
of rock panking that stand upon and which
separates us from the molten core within there are
bunkers in which are stored force which came 10 the
good ship Earth while God was preparing II for our
voyage In these bunkers the bodies, brains ana
blood OF the coming Race These are like deposits
in bank, which are not replenshed by new deposits
when drawn out God opened the account and hand
ed the Book.
Increase multiply and replenish the earth" said
He. Il Will send rays upon you aS neeueu- Anu
in future ages after knowledge shall have been In
you shall discover the OIL the coal the gas
and the power that comes from falling water Use
the income Of the planet freely and make the most
OF IT, But the deposits which In the bunkers OF
the Ship have given exhaust at your peril For the
bunkers once empted will never be rehlled!
So while we were savages weak In knowledge ana
knew not OF the smallness the largeness or our
Zeppelin Earth we weak also In power to take
from the deposits in the bunkers We dug a little
gold little lead little zinc, and some copper put
no coal and we knew nothing Of the oils and gases
beneath
AS for the forests we had only weak ways OF
cutting them down, OF saving the logs. or OF
carving them when cut. Only a small part or the
deck-dust Soil was titled. Suddenly-in less than
century-Science smiled US. and we found our
selves blessed-or cursed-with knowledge and the
mower TO take out the deposits. We have found out
how to draw checks the bank God established Tor
ma and which the filled in all those ages, but Is
now filing more
Shall we the power unresualned py the kno"i-
edge which como with It'll
II is the old story OF the Freedom OF the will
the ethical Riddle OF the Sphinx. The young world
has come of age-and present Passengers are the
world Are we drawing checks recklessly--wasting
the Deposits God gave and our progeny-or, are
we conserving themf Let US seel
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