The Washington times., 1921-07-16
BIoGENETICS
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Ssrmonet By G.. B. s.


TEXT p. CxXUx, IA: Il will
praise thea; for / ON fearfully and
wonderfully made; marvellous are thy
works. and that my soul knoweth
right WELL"
Science has seldom been so thrill.
how DIR. Chas. Russ, that noted Eng.
Iish bacteriologist, has devised SEN
sitive mechanism responsive to a
glance Of the human eye! And since
this Is virtually on our Biogenetic
preserves, am again In evidence,
without apology.
It's harmless simplicity suggests
FrankIin's kite--which pointed the
way to our present electrical age.
DIR. Russ has forged the first visible
link in a chain which has no more
commercial value than had that kite.
Now / have long had such proofs,
that a demonstrating device has
seemed superfluous; but my succeed
ing links-I hesitate to say the en-
tire observation-disclosures firm an
chOrage on the opposite shore, in a
stratum OF the most auriferous pay
dirt" this old planet has ever yielded!
/ have persistently sought to, have
our s. B. #. evangel as free as the
Gospel itself, but we may yet be
forced to modify this gratuitous as
pect.
Retrospectively, note that, for
over fifty.five years, have been I'M
earthing jewels-averaging one per
decade-of inestimable value ever,
yet human nature has always proven
a neutralixer. Data at hand, attests
that have sought the logical parties
for mutual beneficent exploitation,
whereupon they suggest expert en-.
dorsement; while these haughtily ig-
spire!
Decades ago the confidant of a
peerless pet OF Science, whispered to
me that his chiefs vaulting life am;
bitiOn was a certain era-marking dis
cOvery, and was secretly employing
lay experts and most ingeniOusly ex-
rimenting-suggestive of DR.. Russ
and spending tens Of thousands OF
admirers funds, all OF whom were
deck his brow in the Hall OF Fame,
for this particular achievement-and
they still seem resolved to put 1t
over" altho their idol died years
since, of broken spirit" martyr
20 Science"
But how does this retrospective
ramble touch present exigencies?
Right here: Twenty-three years ago,
now, my loving lad, long cognizant
of papa's hobby, most sagaciously
secured samples from Nature, in
one of my specialties-the first /
had ever seen-when instantly "Eu-
relxar' filled my frame! And this
well illustrates our seek-and-find
text, since that very triumph had
been the yearning Of my soul for the
previous forty-one years! And the
brilliant college president to whom
/ first confided my secret, showered
me with encomiums for the Joy"
had given him-"the pleasure OF
new ideas!'
And 1t is proper at this point to
state that the aspiring scientist I'M
der discussion, had for years been
surfeited with this particular line OF
natural specimens, yet he. like mil
lions OF others, had seen In them no
gem OF truth! The plain reason is
that my mental vision was excep-
tionally keen at the start, and per
sistently intensified-a la Russ-and
focused for decades! And just
recall that, on my wedding trip, over
fifty years ago-and almost the only
outing of my life-I concentrated my
energies on the solution OF this same
mystery of the ages! But who
wants IL from me, as miner
DR.. Eliot's fifty volume shelf, with
its 1900 authors; 21,0O0 pages, and
reference to $4,000 subjects" while
imparting culture, incidentally en-
genders braing-fag also. The assump'
ton that such equipment for LIES
race, is just so much electrical en-
ergy stored up. seems pity, since
in the field OF research, surely, II
must ever be classed as impedimen'
ta-handicap! And this measurably
explains the icy glare and Ostracisn'
accorded an invalid newsboy by the
ulodding, naughty ''high-brows."
My overtures with this pillar OF
Science were characterized by pune.
tilious aloofness-quite in contrast
20 those who GENEROUSLY catered and
spent hundreds of thousands to
wreck my plans. 1 knew him from
exceptional angles, and cannot recog.
The proper application OF my law of
longevity, however, would have made
him a super-centenarian, finding. in
spite of blighted aspirations, much
Holace in llfe's mellow decades.
And how about my approving
hackers? Well! / surely have fol.
lowers; but unfortunately their firm
resolve is to see my finish, elsewhere
detailed, huddled with the criminally
insane. PROBABLY rev sporting cor
puscles course my system; but l
uDine that almost any gamey sport,
familiar with the situation and its
Entecedents, would wager ten to one
that l will see a padded cell long
before a single dollar is contributed
Tor this forlorn fight to rescue the
perishingv'
My data shows where scientists
II jsert, at random, that l have Just
punched up a few OF Plato's explod.
I'd vagaries-and might with edual
ruth have named Pluto! A dozen
Years ago I affirmed that Science"
rests largely on a basic error; while
.oday / can demonstrate numerous
punky spots which no amount of
buttressing can remedy.
Our Foundation bespeaks the dawn
of new era for all races, based
upon a series of fortunate facts. The
Americas, automobiles, aviation, each
suggests marvellous changes! But
combine all these, simultaneously
and the advance IL not as great as
that vouchsafed by our Biogenetic
Age! And the crying pity, as we'll
as the moral responsibility, which
District deniIens cannot sidestep, is,
that. with the demand for no dona.
iion-since all we have may readily
yield a royal revenue--but for simply
i1cilif afipg prfpter's iulx after tbaee