Nikola Tesla on the Future

"Mysterious as ever before,
nature yields her precious secrets more readily and the spirit of man asserts its mastery over the physical universe,
The day is not distant when the very planet which gave him birth will tremble at the sound of his voice;
he will make the sun his slave, harness the inexhaustible and terribly intense energy of microcosmic movement;
cause atoms to combine in predetermined forms;
he will draw the mighty ocean from its bed, transport it through the air and create lakes and rivers at will;
he will command the wild elements;
he will push on and on from great to greater deeds until with his intelligence and force he will reach out to spheres beyond the terrestrial.“
— Nikola Tesla
“Mr. Tesla On The Future.” Modern Electronics. May 1, 1912.