For modern man it no longer exists. All carnivorous
enemies, the daily menace of the younger world, have been killed off.
Many of the species of prey have become extinct. Here and there, in
secluded portions of the world, still linger a few of man's fiercer
enemies. But they are far from being a menace to mankind. Modern
man, when he wants recreation and change, goes to the secluded
portions of the world for a hunt. Also, in idle moments, he wails
regretfully at the passing of the "big game," which he knows in the
not distant future will disappear from the earth.
Nor since the day of the caveman has man's efficiency for food-
getting and shelter-getting diminished. It has increased a
thousandfold. Since the day of the caveman, matter has been
mastered. The secrets of matter have been discovered. Its laws have
been formulated. Wonderful artifices have been made, and marvellous
inventions, all tending to increase tremendously man's natural
efficiency of in every food-getting, shelter-getting exertion, in
farming, mining, manufacturing, transportation, and communication.
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