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           Ofcoursethemostvaluablediscoverieswerekeptsecretasfaraspossible.Butonceyoustartedasortofresearchinthefieldofcoal-mining,astudyofmethodsandmeans,astudyofby-productsandthechemicalpossibilitiesofcoal,itwasastoundingtheingenuityandthealmostuncannyclevernessofthemoderntechnicalmind,asifreallythedevilhimselfhadlentfiend’switstothetechnicalscientistsofindustry.Itwasfarmoreinterestingthanart,thanliterature,pooremotionalhalf-wittedstuff,wasthistechnicalscienceofindustry.Inthisfield,menwerelikegods,ordemons,inspiredtodiscoveries,andfightingtocarrythemout.Inthisactivity,menwerebeyondanymentalagecalculable.ButCliffordknewthatwhenitdidcometotheemotionalandhumanlife,theseself-mademenwereofamentalageofaboutthirteen,feebleboys.Thediscrepancywasenormousandappalling.

           Butletthatbe.Letmanslidedowntogeneralidiocyintheemotionaland’human’mind,Clifforddidnotcare.Letallthatgohang.Hewasinterestedinthetechnicalitiesofmoderncoal-mining,andinpullingTevershalloutofthehole.

           Hewentdowntothepitdayafterday,hestudied,heputthegeneralmanager,andtheoverheadmanager,andtheundergroundmanager,andtheengineersthroughamilltheyhadneverdreamedof.Power!Hefeltanewsenseofpowerflowingthroughhim:poweroverallthesemen,overthehundredsandhundredsofcolliers.Hewasfindingout:andhewasgettingthingsintohisgrip.

           Andheseemedverilytobere-born.