But I manage to boil something little and something worthwhile out of them. Little inventions are the practical stuff of big dreams. Personally, I do not limit my dreams to this or that. Whatever strikes my fancy or interest I delve into. How does a dream—or an imaginative project—like this sound to you. Let's try to create an engine that operates directly upon the heat of the air! I have heard a hundred persons say it was impossible for every one who thought it was practical. But I have had no one to tell me why it couldn't be done. That is impossible too! If it can't be done there must be reasons why. If it can be done there must be reasons why. Can't you just imagine such a machine—a machine where fuel costs were no consideration? The heat of the air is ever renewed by the Sun. Why can't it be extracted or captured? We humans feel we utilize tremendous amounts of power but our power use is minuscule comparatively. I, personally, have had a lot of fun with this particular idea among others. It would be a great dream to have such tremendous energy that oceans of fresh water can be pumped to great deserts and be turned into Edens of plenty. But in some of my encounters with unimaginative engineers I have come across arguments against it on the basis that it was perpetual motion, etc., etc. In fact, the impossibility of the idea was so stressed that I confess I made fools of some of them. What is not— is impossible. But many educated men cannot see this idea—when such is no longer just an idea. The heat pump is an embryonic beginning of just such a development. The difference between great men of accomplishment and impractical fools is not so great as you might think. Dreams that are boiled down on practical premises can materialize. Dreams that are based falsely produce disappointment and despair. Getting back to our subject in hand, that of retirement, put your dreampower to work on it. Have you nerve enough to try to realize your dreams—just one good one? The steps you take to realizing your dream will not only net you happiness in their realization and fulfillment but in the engrossing activity along the pathways they lead you. A negative way to approach the subject of ambitions and dreams is to take out of your life all that you DON'T LIKE! What are you dissatisfied with? What makes you unhappy? What misfits your
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