Short Stories
of Science and Invention

A Collection of Radio Talks by
Charles F. Kettering

     Exactly how these new investigations will add new information is yet unknown, but we do know there is a mysterious interrelation between electricity and the nervous system and the electric eel seems to offer a means of clearing up some of the mystery.

     Today we feel justly proud of our great power plants, brightly illuminated streets and cities, but I cannot help but feel humble in the presence of such a phenomena as the electric eel. This example of nature's handiwork which has been here on earth for perhaps millions of years gives us something to think about.

     It is just one example of the tens of thousands of unsolved mysteries which surround us on every side, and offer unlimited opportunities for our research men in the future. I am convinced that one of the great untapped sources of our knowledge is nature's great storehouse of developed facts. We should not overestimate our own accomplishments because it is more than possible that new facts, obtained from studies of nature can modify and improve many of our own well-established theories.     ●