one time forced upon man and other animals.

The earth in its rollings turned away from the sun once in every
twenty-four hours. In the darkness of the beginning man said to
himself: "If I go walking around, I shall fall into a hole, so I
shall lie down and wait until the sun comes again."

He did as all the animals did before him for millions of years.
Since that time, man has conquered darkness. Why should he not
ultimately conquer sleep?

We know that thin men, nervous, highly organized, do with far
less sleep than others. We know that old age requires less sleep
than youth.

Can we not cultivate and develop the characteristics which make
sleep less necessary? Higher races of apes have abolished tails.

Can't we abolish sleep? ----

As old age needs less sleep than babyhood, so in our maturity as
a human race we shall probably demand less sleep than now in our
racial babyhood. Perhaps none at all will be needed.

If that happens our lives will be doubled in value, they will be
complete. The hours of sunlight will be devoted to examination
and admiration of nature's beauties on this earth.

The hours of darkness, given up to sleep no longer, will be
devoted to the study of space, to investigation among other