The Secret of the Machines - Rudyard Kipling - Poem

Uploaded April 2016 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

Here's a virtual movie of the great Rudyard Kipling reading "The Secret of the Machines" first published in 1911.

The poem deals with the problem of modern technology and machines. In the beginning, the reader gets informed about how machines are produced and what kind of treatment they need. Afterwards the machines explain how they can serve humanity. But machines are not only useful, they can also lead to big disasters if they arent used in a right way. The poem ends with the statement that machines, although capable of great deeds, are still nothing more than creations of the human brain.

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Jim Clark
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