The Hazards Of Prophecy

The Hazards of ProphecyBefore one attempts to set up in business as a prophet, it is instructive to see what success others have made of this dangerous occupation -- and it is even more instructive to see where they have failed.With monotonous regularity, apparently competent men have laid down the law about what is technically possible or impossible -- and have been proved utterly wrong, sometimes while the ink was scarcely dry from their pens. On careful analysis, it appears that these debacle...