THOUGHTS FOR THE TIMES.
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"The extent and power of human inlereno' cannot he considered fully known as yet, and it i-. unwise for the la"’- 1, > condemn people I'nr nttempning to forecast the future as if that were so maniibstly impossible as to lie ipso tact.u fraudulent. Admittedly there are certain ridiculous superstitions—as if human destiny could be determined by the fall of playing-cards or by the position of planets—hut the extent to which forecasting of the future can be achieved is a matter for scientific inquiry. There is nothing absurd in the idea. A railway timetable predicts the trains at least a month ahead. An astronomer can predict eclipses several centuries in advance. Some experts succeed in foretelling the weather for say. 21 hours. And statesmen attempt to foresee the result of an election or the probable attitude of a self-governing State. So some power of prediction is known to exist, though manifestly subject to uncertainty.”—Sir Oliver Lodge in the London “Times."
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Hokitika Guardian, 5 March 1926, Page 2
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168THOUGHTS FOR THE TIMES. Hokitika Guardian, 5 March 1926, Page 2
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