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Body Quote by Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury

“The passion of fear (as a modern philosopher informs me) determines the spirits of the muscles of the knees, which are instantly ready to perform their motion, by taking up the legs with incomparable celerity, in order to remove the body out of harm's way.” quote by Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury
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“The passion of fear (as a modern philosopher informs me) determines the spirits of the muscles of the knees, which are instantly ready to perform their motion, by taking up the legs with incomparable celerity, in order to remove the body out of harm's way.”

Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury

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