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> [The animal frame, though destined to fulfill so many other ends, is as a machine more perfect than the best contrived steam-engine-that is, is capable of more work with the same expenditure of fuel.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-prescott-joule/the-animal-frame-though-destined-to-fulfill-so-many-other-ends-is-as/)

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## More by James Prescott Joule

> [The height of the pulleys from the ground was twelve yards, and consequently, when the weights had descended through that distance, they had to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-prescott-joule/the-height-of-the-pulleys-from-the-ground-was-twelve-yards-and/)

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> [The animal frame, though destined to fulfill so many other ends, is as a machine more perfect than the best contrived steam-engine-that is, is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-prescott-joule/the-animal-frame-though-destined-to-fulfill-so-many-other-ends-is-as/)

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> [Believing that the power to destroy belongs to the Creator alone I affirm... that any theory which, when carried out, demands the annihilation of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-prescott-joule/believing-that-the-power-to-destroy-belongs-to-the-creator-alone-i/)

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> [Order is manifestly maintained in the universe... governed by the sovereign will of God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-prescott-joule/order-is-manifestly-maintained-in-the-universe-governed-by-the/)

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> [ The most convincing proof of the conversion of heat into living force \[vis viva\] has been derived from my experiments with the electro-magnetic engine,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-prescott-joule/the-most-convincing-proof-of-the-conversion-of-heat-into-living-force/)

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> [The earth in its rapid motion round the sun possesses a degree of living force so vast that, if turned into the equivalent of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-prescott-joule/the-earth-in-its-rapid-motion-round-the-sun-possesses-a-degree-of/)

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> [My object has been, first to discover correct principles and then to suggest their practical development.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-prescott-joule/my-object-has-been-first-to-discover-correct-principles-and-then-to/)

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> [After the knowledge of, and obedience to, the will of God, the next aim must be to know something of His attributes of wisdom,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-prescott-joule/after-the-knowledge-of-and-obedience-to-the-will-of-god-the-next-aim/)

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> [It is evident that an acquaintance with natural laws means no less than an acquaintance with the mind of God therein expressed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-prescott-joule/it-is-evident-that-an-acquaintance-with-natural-laws-means-no-less/)

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