A few years ago a scientist announced that he could accumulate, concentrate, and unloose a vibratory force sufficient to wreck the planet on which we live. Should anyone want to do such a thing, and should the rest of the world be willing, there is little doubt that such a thing would be possible. There is probably no limit to the harm that could be done by harnessing up the ever-present vibrations to an evil end. Neither is there any limit to the good they can be made to do when intelligently turned to worthy purposes. Probably the statement of the scientist mentioned above was, after all, only a part of the truth. Someone has said that one cannot move his finger without displacing the elements of the universe all the way to the farthest star. Vibration is not only here but everywhere. It carries light to us from so far that years are required for the journey. It is not inconceivable that it might be made to do the same with sound. Certainly it could be made to do the same with ideas if two conditions could be fulfilled. First, there would have to be living and intelligent beings elsewhere in the universe. Second, there would have to be a common code or basis of interpretation between ourselves and them. About the first, we do not know. As to the second, no one yet sees how to accomplish such a thing. Archimedes could have moved the world with a lever if he had only had a place to stand, but of course he did not have it, so the possibility was spoiled. The principle of the lever, however, held just as good as though the impossible condition could have been fulfilled. Likewise, the law of vibrations would permit of a system of wireless out into the reaches of space. The difficulty is not with the law. Nature probably holds some provision for our every want. We need only to establish the means by which she can deliver her gifts to us. The universe thrills with life and action. Out of its heartthrobs we shall be able to gather many a blessing. APPENDIX 1: BYLINES, BIBLIOGRAPHY, NOTES Related poems and essays cited in the notes are attributed to Flynn unless specified otherwise. The Ambassador. Byline: Rev. Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _The Expositor_. Sep 1929. pp. 1338–39. Note: Story of the golden calf (Exodus 32). The Association of Mind and Muscle. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _The Kindergarten-Primary Magazine_. Vol. 31 No. 1. Manistee, MI: Sep 1918. pp. 14–15. Notes: 1) “be doers of the word and not hearers only” (James 1:22), 2) “The sending of such young people into the arena of action;” poems: “The Teacher v1923,” “Domsie,” 3) “Knowledge has the largest of all potentialities;” poem, “Iron.” Building a World Brotherhood. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _American Messenger_. Vol. 76 No. 7. New York: The American Tract Society, Jul 1918. p. 103. Note: “Jesus recognized no artificial and arbitrary barriers;” examples: Parable of the Good Samaritan (Luke 10:29–37), eating with sinners and tax collectors (Mark 2:13–17).