06 SEP 2011 by ideonexus

 1889 Prediction That Has Almost Come True

We may indeed live yet to see, or at least we may feel some confidence that those who come after us will see, such bodies as oxygen and hydrogen in the liquid, perhaps even in the solid state, and the question of their metallic or non-metallic nature thereby finally settled.
Folksonomies: prescience predictions
Folksonomies: prescience predictions
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Andrews predicts our seeing hydrogen as a liquid; although, I do not know if we have seen it as a solid yet.

06 SEP 2011 by ideonexus

 Modern Explorers Must Change Their Methods

Today there remain but a few small areas on the world's map unmarked by explorers' trails. Human courage and endurance have conquered the Poles; the secrets of the tropical jungles have been revealed. The highest mountains of the earth have heard the voice of man. But this does not mean that the youth of the future has no new worlds to vanquish. It means only that the explorer must change his methods.
Folksonomies: exploration adventuring
Folksonomies: exploration adventuring
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If they want to venture into new realms of knowledge. Andrews may be talking about scientific methods here as a means to seeing previously explored settings with new eyes.