of
Nature is such that no demand of man can arise for which there is not a
possible supply. If he needs heat, and the sun's rays are insufficient,
he learns to kindle fires and get the needed heat by burning wood; as
the wood fails, he discovers coal; before the coal measures are
exhausted, he finds there is a full supply to be developed from
electricity, and so on. It is not possible for a man to need more than
Nature can supply, and in fact most if not all of man's needs, are
created by the supplies which surround him. Supply and demand are the
working phenomena of the principle in Nature which constantly scatters
and re-unites the elements, making out of heterogeneous masses,
homogeneous combinations and vice versa, thereby insuring the
continuity of life and progress.
