The moment a man announces his discoveries, he is first ridiculed, then, when the truth of what he affirms is proven, there rise in every part of the world other men who say that they knew all about it ten years ago, and will prove it too--at least, far enough to delude a gullible world; in the second because I am a humane man, I hesitate to spread broadcast a knowledge that would enable any fool to destroy the universe.

Then there is a third reason.

There is another who, I believe, has discovered how to make this force loosen its grip on the particle--that is Keely, of Philadelphia, in the United States--" "What! You don't mean the Keely motor man ?" cried Jennie, laughing.
"That arrant humbug! Why, all the papers in the world have exposed his ridiculous pretensions; he has done nothing but spend other people's money." "Yes, the newspapers have ridiculed him.

Human beings have, since the beginning of the world, stoned their prophets.

Nevertheless, he has liberated a force that no gauge made by man can measure.