10 LETTERS TO BROTHER JOHN. 



die, he would have nothing more to do but to will 

 his heart to stop. Besides, there must have been 

 a constant and painful exercise of the will kept up, 

 in order to keep the heart moving ; and whenever 

 our image fell asleep, that sleep must have been 

 eternal; for the will being asleep too, the heart 

 would stand still, and the image would be dead 

 before he had half finished his nap. 



Dreading this fatal mis-hap, our Prometheus 

 would find himself compelled, therefore, to intro- 

 duce, among the organs of nutrition, several little 

 separate brains : from these he would cause to 

 arise nerves, which he would distribute to the 

 organs of nutrition; and he would unite these 

 nerves to others coming from the brain and spinal 

 marrow, making these points of union a sort of 

 barriers, beyond which the influence of the will 

 could not pass. 



Having contrived all this to his satisfaction, he 

 once again, it may be supposed, carefully reviewed 

 his work ; and having tipped the fingers and toes 

 with nails, ornamented and protected the head and 

 chin with hair, pencilled the eye-brows, and fringed 

 their lids; and having furnished his. jaws with 

 teeth, and taught him how to use them; he would 

 be glad that he had finished his work ; for, I think, 



