I told him it was my belief that there was no arson. He just asked me questions about forced entry, things like this. All the doors were locked. There was not forced entry.

I knew that all the way to Boulder Junction I had the power shut off. It was at least, I know to Manitowish Waters, where I work. The lines were, I believe, about 15 feet above the building at the lowest point.

It started in the basement, probably from the hot water heater. The building had a partial basement and partial crawl spaces. On first entry, the guys found holes burnt in the floor.

A private firm has been retained by the insurance company. They further investigated. They may have gotten the results from it, but they wouldn't have told me. They were on the scene for three or four days.

The belief in progress, not as an ideal but as an indisputable fact, not as a task for humanity but as a law of Nature, has been the working faith of the West for about a hundred and fifty years.

Above all, be true to yourself, and if you cannot put your heart in it, take yourself out of it.