The Kinetic Drive

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Excerpt from The Kinetic Drive: Its Phenomena and ControlThe species of animal now dominating the earth more completely than any other is at this moment in a state of abnormal activity. The back-wash of the European War is seen in the quickened pulse everywhere, even in this land. Not only in war but in peace also the complicated machinery of Civilization created by man often drives him to his own destruction. Nowhere is this industrial and commercial driving more intense than in this city. It has occurred to me, therefore, that it might be interesting to attempt an analysis of the mechanism by which this speeding is ac complished, and relate it to the Speeding which is due to other stimuli, such as infections, auto-intoxication, physical injury, etc. Since the process of Speeding is identical with that of the transformation of potential into kinetic energy, the state of increased energy transformation might fittingly be called the kinetic drive. To facilitate discussion I shall assume an unwarranted attitude of dogmatism which may be evaluated at leisure.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.