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PROBABLY there never was a time when the scientific spirit was more active than at the present moment. We see evidence of this on all hands. In the realms of abstract science we have researches dealing with profound questions as to the intimate nature of matter that were not within the sphere of thought only a few years ago. The theories of electrons which are founded on mathematical and physical investigation give us a glimpse into worlds of movement of which those before us had no conception, and of stores of energy that may one day be liberated in the service of mankind. That mysterious agency, electricity, is now seen to be probably at the basis of all phenomena, physical, chemical, vital, and a new interpretation is given of many actions going on all around us. The relation of matter to the circumambient aether also engages the speculations of men of science.
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The Outlook of Science 1 . Nature 82, 206–207 (1909). https://doi.org/10.1038/082206a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/082206a0