From the beginning to the end of these pages, whether we read of the wilful destruction of the products and productivity of the soil, the aerial destruction of wealth by the thousand million pounds’ worth, created by somebody’s labour, the embarrassing fecundity of modern technology resulting only in every conceivable form of sabotage, the anomalous position of the conscientious medical practitioner. The refusal of women to bring children into such a world, the development of the art of spreading bacterial infection as a new war technique, or the frank abandonment by modern political movements of the hope of social progress that science renders possible – from the beginning to the end of these pages the reader will find elegant examples of the sort of ruling mentality now dominating the world. Bitter, and justifiably so, as many of the critics of science are, surely nothing bitterer could be said of it than this, that its abundance has but enthroned the wastrel. Not is the solution exactly what one of the contributors rather naively suggests, that science should look for a new master. The solution is for the public to acknowledge its real master, and, for its own safety, insist on being ruled not by the reflection of a reflection, but direct by those who are concerned with the creation of its weather rather than of its debts. It should require that its universities and learned societies should no longer evade their responsibilities and hide under the guise of false humility as the hired servants of the world their work has made possible, but do that for which they are supposed in cultured release from routine occupations, and speak the truth though the heavens fall.
The book, "Daniel and Mary", was written by Alfred Arundel May in the 1950's after he retired from teaching at the High School of Commerce in New York City. Alfred was a son of Daniel May (1819 - 1888), a druggist who lived in Poland, Ohio and kept diaries for 35 years. The book deals with Daniel's life and that of the community from 1855 to 1871. It begins with the death of Daniel's first wife, Hannah Fankell in 1855, shortly after giving birth to their second child. After courting other women, Daniel married Mary McKinley, the sister of William, the future 25th President of the United States. "Daniel and Mary" is based on several sources: Daniel's diaries from the years 1855 to 1871, letters written by William to his family and to Daniel and Mary while he served in the Civil War, and the conversations about the McKinley family that Alfred had with his father, Daniel. Alfred recognized the historical significance of the diaries as a source of information about the future president and his family during the time they lived in Poland although it is first and foremost about Daniel May and the place and period in which he lived.
The book is an encouragement to those who feel low, those who feel like they cannot achieve BIG things, those who are not counted in the society, because they have nothing to offer, those who are not celebrated by the corridors of power, the unsung heroes, those who do the best at their level but are not recognised. This book is yours. It injects energy in the weak and makes them stand up stronger than before. It lifts the spirits of the humble and causes them to maintain their humbleness, but doing great things. It is for those who have been rejected in the past but rose to become powerful, yet they did not hate those who humiliated them in the past.Small is BIG - does motivate the unschooled to believe that God elevates anyone regardless of the level of their education. At the same time, it does not encourage you to be lazy in acquiring knowledge or working hard in life.This book brings out the faithful works of babies, boys, young men, servant, Army Commanders, Judges, Governors, Prime Ministers, Presidents, and Kings. The stories of the big stadia which hosts many thousands of fans and big football teams that lock horns to play each other, yet the trophy to be won is small. It shares how ships are driven by a small rudder that turns them and set them on a course into the fierce sea until they land on the sea coast of their destination.It shares of how small matches stick which has the power of burning a huge and vast bush. How solutions from servants produced great results but went unnoticed. How those who chose to eat vegetables and took water for drinking became ten times better that those who took the kingly meats and choose drinks prescribed by the King. And how those who used one eye to look at a magician performing his magic, saw the tricks better those who had two eyes.It shares how the USA was small at the time of its independence, but later became BIG. Today America is the world's number one super power. It shares how the day of small beginnings was embraced by the tech company owners. Today Tech Companies carry the businesses which were once BIGGER than themselves.Above all, Shares Jesus Christ - greatest of them all who were sent ahead of him.
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