Show L ri ia MOST MARV CLOUS or MACHINES y Hirr ahlman lan brain has no counterpart in anything on the earth or the human brain Is 19 the most mar I 1 telous machine in the world orld it occupies less space in proportion prow proportion to its capabilities than any machine it ever invented anted it sends a special nerve to every ultimate fiber ot of some muscles to lo many thousand branching twigs of arteries to every pinhead area of the numerous glands which keep the machine properly oiled heated or cooled to some IG 16 square feet of skin v which is the outpost guard ot of its castle with such completeness that the point or of a pin cannot find an ace area unguarded it possesses special quarters for the inception lec eption and translation of 0 a constant stream ol of vibrations that are the product of 0 all things movable or still in the outer miter world on the retina ot of every open eye is a picture ot of the outer V view I 1 ew a focused imprint of 0 every tay ray ol of light and color and in the visual chamber ot of file mental palace stands a a magic lantern that receives the retinal picture in in its billion speeding series of light waves and throws them upon its mental screen as a living moving picture ot of light and shade and color in the chamber ot of sound is a vibraphone over whose active wires passes every wave ot of sound from the dripping of 0 the dew to the orchestral fortissimo from tho the raucous screech of the he locomotive to tile the sighing of 0 the wind ind through the meadow giss gi gr ss in the file chambers set apart for scent and taste and touch are the secief service guards to leport upon the air and food which give sustenance to the palace and upon the he solid qualities ldes ot of the tactile world and wonder ot of all wonders this complex human brain can think in all languages or in no language and even conceive its own owa physical mortality harpers magazine |