The natural result will be industrial and political wars. In a world
of unmanageable structures, wild smashes must come.



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Inventions will come so easily to simians (in comparison with all
other creatures) and they will take such childish pleasure in
monkeying around, making inventions, that their many devices will
be more of a care than a comfort. In their homes a large part of
their time will have to be spent keeping their numerous ingenuities
in good working order--their elaborate bell-ringing arrangements,
their locks and their clocks. In the field of science to be sure,
this fertility in invention will lead to a long list of important
and beautiful discoveries: telescopes and the calculus, radiographs,
and the spectrum. Discoveries great enough, almost, to make angels
of them. But here again their simian-ness will cheat them of half
of their dues, for they will neglect great discoveries of the truest
importance, and honor extravagantly those of less value and splendor
if only they cater especially to simian traits.

To consider examples: A discovery that helps them to talk, just to
talk, more and more, will be hailed by these beings as one of the
highest of triumphs. Talking to each other over wires will come in
this class. The lightning when harnessed and tamed will be made to
trot round, conveying the most trivial cacklings all day and night.

Huge seas of talk of every sort and kind, in print, speech, and