The experience of three thousand years had educated society to feel the vastness of Nature, and the infinity of her resources of power, but even this increase of attraction had not yet caused economies in its methods of pursuit.

三千年的经验已经教育社会去感受大自然的浩瀚和她无穷无尽的力量资源，但即使是这种吸引力的增加，也还没有在其追求的方法上产生经济效益。