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"
It
has
been
a
well
-
worn
truism
,
"
said
the
Times
,
"
that
our
human
race
are
a
feeble
folk
before
the
infinite
latent
forces
which
surround
us
.
From
the
prophets
of
old
and
from
the
philosophers
of
our
own
time
the
same
message
and
warning
have
reached
us
But
,
like
all
oft
-
repeated
truths
,
it
has
in
time
lost
something
of
its
actuality
and
cogency
.
A
lesson
,
an
actual
experience
,
was
needed
to
bring
it
home
.
It
is
from
that
salutory
but
terrible
ordeal
that
we
have
just
emerged
,
with
minds
which
are
still
stunned
by
the
suddenness
of
the
blow
and
with
spirits
which
are
chastened
by
the
realization
of
our
own
limitations
and
impotence
.
The
world
has
paid
a
fearful
price
for
its
schooling
.
Hardly
yet
have
we
learned
the
full
tale
of
disaster
,
but
the
destruction
by
fire
of
New
York
,
of
Orleans
,
and
of
Brighton
constitutes
in
itself
one
of
the
greatest
tragedies
in
the
history
of
our
race
.
When
the
account
of
the
railway
and
shipping
accidents
has
been
completed
,
it
will
furnish
grim
reading
,
although
there
is
evidence
to
show
that
in
the
vast
majority
of
cases
the
drivers
of
trains
and
engineers
of
steamers
succeeded
in
shutting
off
their
motive
power
before
succumbing
to
the
poison
.
But
the
material
damage
,
enormous
as
it
is
both
in
life
and
in
property
,
is
not
the
consideration
which
will
be
uppermost
in
our
minds
to
-
day
.
All
this
may
in
time
be
forgotten
.
But
what
will
not
be
forgotten
,
and
what
will
and
should
continue
to
obsess
our
imaginations
,
is
this
revelation
of
the
possibilities
of
the
universe
,
this
destruction
of
our
ignorant
self
-
complacency
,
and
this
demonstration
of
how
narrow
is
the
path
of
our
material
existence
and
what
abysses
may
lie
upon
either
side
of
it
.
Solemnity
and
humility
are
at
the
base
of
all
our
emotions
to
-
day
.
May
they
be
the
foundations
upon
which
a
more
earnest
and
reverent
race
may
build
a
more
worthy
temple
.
"