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[the Blame For The Future 'plight Of Civilization] Must Rest On Scientific Men, Equally With Others, For Being Incapable Of Accepting The Responsibility For The Profound Social Upheavals Which Their Own Work Primarily Has Brought About In Human Relationships.

The Laws Expressing The Relations Between Energy And Matter Are, However, Not Solely Of Importance In Pure Science. They Necessarily Come First In Order ... In The Whole Record Of Human Experience, And They Control, In The Last Resort, The Rise Or Fall Of Political Systems, The Freedom Or Bondage Of Nations, The Movements Of Commerce And Industry, The Origin Of Wealth And Poverty, And The General Physical Welfare Of The Race.

For A Modern Ruler The Laws Of Conservation And Transformation Of Energy, When The Vivifing Stream Takes Its Source, The Ways It Wends Its Course In Nature, And How, Under Wisdom And Knowledge, It May Be Intertwined With Human Destiny, Instead Of Careering Headlong To The Ocean, Are A Study At Least As Pregnant With Consequences To Life As Any Lesson Taught By The Long Unscientific History Of Man.

The Energy Available For Each Individual Man Is His Income, And The Philosophy Which Can Teach Him To Be Content With Penury Should Be Capable Of Teaching Him Also The Uses Of Wealth.

Chemistry Has Been Termed By The Physicist As The Messy Part Of Physics, But That Is No Reason Why The Physicists Should Be Permitted To Make A Mess Of Chemistry When They Invade It.