Had God intended that the work of the world should be done by human bones and sinews, he would have given us an arm as solid and strong as the shaft of a steam engine; and enabled us to stand, day and night, and turn the crank of a steamship while sailing to Liverpool or Calcutta.
Mann suggests that if humans were meant to do all the world's work, they would have been given physical attributes akin to machines.
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