Each section of
country is given rain or snow or sunshine just as it needs it, and there
is no uncertainty in the matter."
When Thorwald had reached this point my curiosity prompted me to ask him
to tell us in a few words how they could make it rain when they pleased,
and he answered that he would be glad to give us details of all these
matters if we insisted on it, but he thought it would be better for him to
present a general view of the state of their society, leaving it for us to
see with our own eyes how things were done, after we had reached our
destination.
I readily acquiesced, with an apology for my interruption, and Thorwald
resumed:
"The doctor spoke of accidents, sickness, and severe toil as among the
sources of your troubles. With us, at the present day, all natural laws
are so well understood and so faithfully obeyed that there are no
accidents. Machinery and appliances of all kinds are perfect; nothing is
left to chance, but everything is governed by law. And as we follow that
law in every instance nothing can ever happen, in the old sense of that
word.
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