Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-31
& HUMAN MACHINE.
an Is Only a Combination Of
furnace, Pumps and Wires.
FUEL PRODUCES RESULTS.
rlcal Action sufficient to Account for
the Phenomena.
INT OF PHYSICAL IMMORTALITY
FUEL PRODUCES RESULTS.
INT OF PHYSICAL IMMORTALITY
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somewhat complex affair with which
1ow proposed to deal, and yet, after all,
creature that should be run, and may
q, on simple principles. 1t is with 9
al framework as regards structure, ar
Il being as regards formation, a biped
;ards class and something so transcen'
Y important-in its own mind-that
Universe was constructed for its own
ial accommodation.
is an ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS af-
regards locomotion, a philosophical
-uction possessing consciousness and
on, thing that draws nothing direct
the soil, but instead, is a portable
-oir into which is. dumped its feed, its
Mt to supply nourishment. In other
the creature carries within itself a
ce which has to be stocked with either
able or animal fuel or both, from the
combustion of which is generated the
essence of elite.
The Firebox Of the Machine.
5 this that calls for the first essential
-ement, a generator, thing We famil-
know and recognize as stomach. 1t
rebox, the all-important article in the
accoutrements that pertains to the
ment OF q well conditioned and we'll
-ueted human creature. 1t was grand
ice in the creative process, when this
came, when, instead OF being vegeta-
led 20 the soil, growing from roots and
hing through leaves, the animal ma
came, loose and endowed with loco
N, moving on four feet, with life
ating apparatus within the outer walls
structure.
Y things are more interesting than to
We natures constructive methods de-
and amplity; how ingeniously some
principle comes up in a new form-a
ssive chsin-work OF links. present or
{, but demonstrating the chain never
SIS. 1t is revelation to see the crea-
gradually and so slowly unfold itself,
led BY the stern law of necessity of
alton TO changing conditions and the
decree oil the survival of the fittest; to
finally rear itself on its hind feet, the
s meantime Transforming to hands-an
ht now instead of horizontal engine
ing out to its lower congenirs: "Be-
l am row man. I am mighty, though
labeled all over with the marks of my
D; vet will swear 1 believe it not To
yno saveth otherwise 1 will make lite
:. / will l will wage unreIenting
On all below me; yea, with nv own
also, until / shall be regarded as the
and favored of the gods"
ALot of Pipes and a Pump.
the firebox, while of paramount i'm
nee, has still to be supplemented with
contrivauces. Blood, which performs
portant function in life and which is
a kind of preliminary condition to
here must be and this must be puri-
calling into requisition organs known
1gs, where, by inhalation of air, the
is 9rated, the condemned substance
expelled by exhalation. The blood is
u in pipes through this vertical
I, motion being given to it by the
+ a pump known as the heart, the
, itself being operated by automatic
-ical action furnished from a storage
" known as the lower brain, which de-
its supply from the chemical action of
7ntents of the frebo1 1t NAV be
that the pumping action and the
j Of respiration are entirely self-acting
rlv automatic and under normal con-
is, act whether we are conscious or un-
iOus.
re is a wonderful significance in
ding-in this very intimate relation
with the air, but which cannot be here
Tered. But other features are still
AIRY to sustain The condition known as
Il lie when the type or form of life is
lower than in the human plane. Bile
% be secreted, and to this liver is
sarv; an imperative function also falls
kidneys, and all these now comprise
neral equipment in the construction
at may be termed the human machine.
\ Complicated Electric systsm-
motor of this mechanism is electricity.
:, otherwise known as nerves, extend
every part of this framework along
messages are conveyed from the two
al stations the cerebrum and the cere-
m. Modern research has so invaded
was once much of domain of mystery,
the mysterious is crowded out A
deal OF this vanished so soon as we
willing to allow conclusions to follow
logical sequence of their producing
s, aH1 we were willing to yield up |
iOck of cut-and-dried notions we had |
red before we knew what investigs-
leant.
.gine a surveyor or a mechanical engi- |
with a complicated mathematical
EN-. serenely noting down an ideal |
IT that pleases him and then proceed |
range factors to sustain his prear-
l solution!
hematics should be the method in all |
ieation, for he only is strong and
on an eternal base who has dug to |
ck OF demonstration and has refused
p aud build on the sands, only to see
ifcelater undermined and fall into
the finest work of all is in the motor /
iment. The mechanical construction
TO be underestimated-the internal |
work of bone, joints, hinges, sockets,
wires, etc, all these may challenge
but the fine, expert work |
in when the mechanism is crowned |
sentence, Iocomotion,
On, making the thing actually micro
:, carr ing N4AA4A Abscll dA cHltOWS
universe!
erial From Which THOUGHT Comea
ervading reverence comes as one gets
lpse OF this marvelously fine achieve
One feels like standing with un-
ID head in the intelligent contempla-
f this grand triumph, this master
of most superlatively fine
In thought, in the pro-
+ operation of thinking, something
!, anv more than elsewhere, come
nothing. Something has to change or
hanged when we think. Thought,
or too long continued will
in mental exhaustion, just IS too pro-
muscular activity results il muscu-
haustion. What is it that is short
the mind is exhausted2
brain is there and weighs as much in
e mental condition as in the other,
) as much in death even as in life.
is sleep, and why is sleep SO impera-
necessary? Some creatures do not
II all Why are they exempt from
.auirement? Why cannot the man
ne remain continuously awake and in
mental working order for one month?
it with the very best fuel
in proper quantity, yet in
onth of continual wakefnlness
Id suspend operations entirely. Now