Mechanics has been defined as the application of pure mathematics to produce or modify motion in inferior bodies; what could be more apt?
Is it not our intention to produce or modify motion in this inferior body before us ?" Days after the Professor found the crank a more useful implement for the inducing of motion.
It was Thursday morning, August 1, at exactly seven o'clock, that we passed south on Michigan Avenue towards South Chicago and Hammond.

A glorious morning, neither hot nor cold, but just deliciously cool, with some promise--afterwards more than fulfilled--of a warm day.
The hour was early, policemen few, streets clear, hence fast speed could be made.
As we passed Zion Temple, near Twelfth Street, the home of the Dowieites, the Professor said: "A very remarkable man, that Dowie." "A fraud and an impostor," I retorted, reflecting current opinion.
"Possibly; but we all impose more or less upon one another; he has simply made a business of his imposition.

Did you ever meet him ?" "No; it's hardly worth while." "It is worth while to meet any man who influences or controls a considerable body of his fellow-men.

The difference between Mohammed and Joseph Smith is of degree rather than kind.

Dowie is down towards the small end of the scale, but he is none the less there, and differs in kind from your average citizen in his power to influence and control others.