"It is marvellous this fascination of speed.

Your poet, Henley, touched the pulse of the times when he wrote those splendid lines of his.

But surely, Professor, _you_ would not have very much difficulty in leaving all far behind.

A man to whom mathematical impossibilities are as easy as an addition sum ought to be able to realise the dream of the ages and solve the problem of aerial navigation." He looked him straight in the eyes as he said this.

He fully believed in the possibility of human flight, given the transcendent genius who could work out the equation of weight and power.