Pieter Harting

Anno Domini 2071 Illustrated Pieter Harting

When comparing the present condition of society with that of past centuries the question naturally arises, what will the future be ? Will the same progress which, in our own times especially, has been of such vast dimensions, and manifested itself in so many directions, continue to he 'progressive ? And if so- for who could think of reaction, since the art of printing has guarded against any future of the human mind being ever effaced-where is to be the ultimate goal of the progress of our successors ? Where are we to look for the fruits of those innumerable germs which the present generation is sowing for the benefit of those that will come after them ?