Henry Ward Beecher on Science Subduing Nature
It is the triumph of civilization that at last communities have obtained such a mastery over natural laws that they drive and control them. The winds, the water, electricity, all aliens that in their wild form were dangerous, are now controlled by human will, and are made useful servants.
Notes:
Sounds much like science fulfilling the biblical permission for man to conquer nature.
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