MAN — A DIFFERENT VIEW
What is a man? Man is a self-balancing, 28-jointed adpater-base biped with the following: . . . Millions of warning signal, railroad and conveyor systems . . . Crushers and cranes (of which the arms are magnificent 23-jointed affairs with self-surfacing and lubricating systems) . . . A universally distributed telephone system needing no service for 70 years if well managed . . . An electrochemical reduction-plant, integral with segregated stowages of special energy extracts in storage batteries, for subsequent actuation of thousands of hydraulic and pneumatic pumps, with motors attached . . . 62,000 miles of capillaries . . . And the whole, extraordinarily complex mechanism is guided with exquisite precision from a turret in which are located telescopic and microscopic self-registering and recording range finders, a spectroscope, etc., and the turret control being closely allied with an air conditioning intake-and-exhaust, with a main fuel intake. Within a few cubic inches which house the turret mechanism, there is…
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