"The day will come when, after harnessing space,
the winds, the tides, gravitation, we shall harness
for God the energies of love. And, on that day,
for the second time in the history of the world,
humankind will have discovered fire."
Peking, February 1934, "The Evolution of Chastity"
in Toward the Future, London: Collins, 1975: 86-87.
Teilhard (Prophetic Verses)
Toward the Future, London: Collins, 1975: 86-87.