There is no retardation, no sign of an end. Arts and crafts have reached heights that were undreamt of by the last generation. Science brings forth fresh marvels with each rising of the sun. Thinking men light on new ideas, and in a twinkling these ideas are accomplished facts. Nature has been forced to yield her secrets. Pioneers full of determination march from triumph to triumph. Great feats compel the world’s admiration, and then sink into line, and are accepted as ordinary events, while others spring up to take their place. There has been no era like the present one in all history. Another step on the road of evolution was accomplished today when the Titanic, the sister ship of the Olympic, which has just completed her steam trials, was launched at the Queen’s Island. The triumphs of science and engineering have been many, and Belfast can well support its claim to be regarded as one of the leading pioneers, especially in the matter of shipbuilding. When the construction of the Olympic was contemplated doubts were expressed that such a monster undertaking could be carried out, but Messrs Harland & Wolff proved last October that the project was quite feasible, and that they were capable of building such a huge vessel.
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