THE LAW'S DEFINITION OF PROPERTY--AND PUBLIC POLICY
Evidently the law's definitions of "Industry and Property" are
only that which were known and accepted as such before the Era of
Mechanical Inventions. And while the law is sufficiently modern in
exacting a fee from this modern class of toilers, yet it has not
modernized sufficiently to extend to them the encouragement and
protection that in all reason and justice they are entitled to, even
without additional exaction from them, and it is also against public
policy.
"Full many a gem of purest ray serene the dark unfathomed caves of
ocean bear."
"Full many a flower is born to blush unseen and waste its sweetness
on the desert air."
Many a great invention to increase human comfort and happiness would
be given to the world, if inventors were given that encouragement and
protection which their genius, industry and usefulness deserve.