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instinctive, and even the niceties of adjustment 

 that he has to learn must become through habit 

 almost automatic. And the result of it all — of his 

 fine build, his instinct, and his art — is the perfect 

 stability of the machine ; a thing to make the most 

 skilful aviator envious : for who ever heard of a 

 bird losing his balance and falling to the ground ? 

 There are, of course, trials to which he may prove 

 unequal. He may lose his way in a cloud, become 

 exhausted when crossing a wide stretch of sea, or 

 even fly stupidly into a telegraph wire. But an 

 accident from want of balance would be evidence 

 of morbid condition. 



