The human body is a marvelous machine with a storage of power.
It is estimated that if all the beats of the heart in a single
day could be concentrated in one huge throb of vital power, it
would be sufficient to throw a ton of iron 120 feet into the
air. An electrical engineer has affirmed that this expended
heart-energy is equal to a two-candle power of an incandescent
electrical lamp; or, if converted into cold light, this amount
of power would represent forty candles. If a man had some such
organ as a firefly has he could surround himself with light
enough to live by without artificial lighting.
(267)
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A scientific writer, speaking of the human body in its
marvelous mechanism, calls it an epitome of all mechanics, of
all hydraulics, of all machinery. It has all the bars, levers,
pulleys, wheels, axles and buffers known to science. All the
more than three hundred movements included in modern mechanics
are simply modifications and variations of those found in the
human body--adaptations of processes and first principles
employed in the human organism.
In a true sense, man, in body, is a law unto himself, and possesses the
potential means of fulfilling all the high purposes of physical life.
(268)
=Boldness=--See FAITH.
=Boldness in Asking=--See ASKING, BOLDNESS IN.
=Bondage=--See GREED.