You will perhaps say that the sinews and muscles of a bird are incomparably more powerful than those of a man... But the reply to this is that such great strength gives it a reserve of power beyond what it ordinarily uses...


The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci (MacCurdy, 1938) - XVII Flight


You will perhaps say that the sinews and muscles of a bird are incomparably more powerful than those of a man... But the reply to this is that such...

You will perhaps say that the sinews and muscles of a bird are incomparably more powerful than those of a man... But the reply to this is that such...

You will perhaps say that the sinews and muscles of a bird are incomparably more powerful than those of a man... But the reply to this is that such...

You will perhaps say that the sinews and muscles of a bird are incomparably more powerful than those of a man... But the reply to this is that such...