30 THE UNIVERSE 



around the sun, the brilliant light and governing 

 power of the sun, the circling stars, the blazing 

 comet, the shooting meteor, the gorgeous rainbow, 

 the luminous aurora, and the dazzling corona are 

 all expressions of electric power. The lightning in 

 the cloud, the reverberations of thunder, the ebb 

 and flow of the tides, the wind currents in the air, 

 the swaying of the forest, the variations of heat 

 and cold, the falling of snow, the rain drop and 

 the dew are all electric manifestations. 



You cannot raise your arm, lift your foot, or 

 move your body except by electric energy. You 

 cannot see or hear or feel or taste or smell or exer- 

 cise any of the functions of the body without bring- 

 ing to your aid the electric force which permeates 

 all forms and substance. Electricity creates the 

 mystery of physical life and provides the food and 

 sustenance necessary to its growth and develop- 

 ment. Electricity works the miracle of digestion 

 and assimilation and converts inert matter into 

 blood and bone, tissue and muscle, and organizes 

 man's body into an electric machine, and runs it 

 as truly and perfectly by electric energy as the 

 electric motor or generator is run by electricity. 

 Man draws his electric life currents from the air 

 into the lungs as a great electric reservoir, there 

 it purifies and energizes the blood and sends it as 

 an electric fluid and circulating magnetic current 

 through every part of the body, causing the heart 

 valves to pulsate with measureless force and the 

 human machine to throb with intense life and power. 



The heart throbs and pulse beats of man's body 

 are but the rythmic whir and vibrations of the 

 human electric machine. Man makes electrical ma- 



