It was while this was going on that the Anglo-Saxon race first came into rivalry with the people of Kairet, and a series of events followed which led to oceans of blood being shed, and entailed untold suffering on the human race. Many of us who have lived through the terrible events of the year 2236 and the five succeeding years often wished that we had been contented with our own planet, and limited our ambition to a more humble sphere. We still exist, but it will be many years before we recover from the effects of that awful struggle.
The achievements that were wrought in the other branches of science were not less wonderful. Chemists developed their science until it seemed incapable of any further advancement, and then applied the new forces to what had hitherto been considered as elements. These they succeeded in resolving into other metallic substances, which were stronger, tougher, and more durable than those previously
