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graduating essay. entitled; Reason
--Prejudice-P Passion | remember to
have used the following sentences:
"Man thought himself marvelously
rich when he tanned the horse and
made him beast of burden, but the
iconoclasm of our century has said to
the horse, the pony express and the
stage coach. go and they have gone!
In their places are the bicycle
the steam engine and the electric car.
Man is fast becoming the master
Of the lightning, the winds and the
tides, and the limitations of his in
vestigations, discoveries and inven-
tions. instead of being reached have
only fairly begun.
1.-The heights have not vet been seal
ed. Ships are destined to sail the air
as they now sail the seasl
"The human voice, now heard near
ly around TIE globe, it is not too much
to predict will in time annihilate
space, overcome gravity and hold in
tercourse with the inhabitants of other
planets. and good roads, thanks to the
BlcycIeI will make our visits to our
neighbors on this sandy earth of ours
an easy matter.
"As the ages roll on the torch of
intellect and the, inspiration of the
soul, burning more brightly and beck
oning Reason and. Passion to sublimer
heights, man. indeed, will occupy a
place but little lower than the
angels."
How quickly have those predictions
come to pass.
The bicycle has been practically
eliminated by the automobile and hui
man thought is pulsating to the utter.
NEST parts OF the world on the cur
rents OF air and within this very
month we are startled by Mr.. Marconi
warning his wireless operators to be
on the alert for messages from Mars
on April 2lst
Little did ! recxon that within two
decades that myself would be ami.
hilating space overcoming gravita.
tion,v and be speeding more swiftly
through the air than a ship at sea and
occupying a place Just little lower
than the angels
Through tile courtesy OF Lieutenant
Ralph johnson, late of the United
States aviation corps, and one of the
most daring, graceful and intrepid
flyers in the service. holding the
worlds record for the number of con,
secative loops, this thrilling expe-
rience fell.to my lot on Tuesday after
noon.
! ann not attempting TO weave a
beautiful garment / am only seeking
20 dress great pulsing sensation IN
the clothing Of speech. so / would
dearly love TO convey TO others some
idea Of the effect that a flight in an
airplane had on me. but fear my ef-
forts will be but vain and futile,
Man is only truly great" said
Disraeli, when he acts from the
passions; never irresistible nut when
he appeals to the Imagination and
mat is more appealing to the imagi-
nation than the act of flying through
the air like bird on the wing?
Truly il is an experience that is
worth ones while and in the hands of
so capable flyer as Lieutenant John
son one feels no fear and from the
minute one steps into the machine
and gets comfortably seated and is
Strapped in one is prepared to enjoy
TO the fullest all that flight through
the air has in store and believe me
the sensation is a lasting one.
The take off" was just as smooth
as starting out for drive in an auto
mobile and in just as few moments we
were leaving the world far below and
so easily and so gently was the as.
cent that is was hardly perceptible
until one looked upon the green
earth below and saw it dwindling and
dwindling away into tiny specks until
the houses looked like doll houses, the
cars like crawling bugs and human
beings like nothing at ALL
The strangest thing to me was that
.while in reality flying about eighty
miles an hour the motion was hardly
perceptible except when the aviator
r6ok . dart upward against De wind
when It seemed exactly as tAoueh