“Chloride is essential for digestion and in respiration. Without sodium, which the body cannot manufacture, the body would be unable to transport nutrients or oxygen, transmit nerve impulses, or move muscles, including the heart.” HeartBodyWould BeMovingEssentialsIncludingImpulseMusclesNervesOxygenTransportTransmitDigestionNutrientsRespirationSodium Book:Salt: A World History Source: Salt: A World History
“Useful undertakings which require sustained attention and vigorous precision in order to succeed often end up by being abandoned, for, in America, as elsewhere, the people move forward by sudden impulses and short-lived efforts.” PeopleEndsAmericaMovingOrderEffortAttentionSucceedMoving ForwardImpulseAbandonedElsewhereVigorousPrecisionUndertakingsShort LivedOrder To Succeed Author:Alexis de Tocqueville
“I felt that I could swim for miles, out into the ocean: a desire for freedom, an impulse to move, tugged at me as though it were a thread fastened to my chest. It was an impulse I knew well, and I had learned that it was not the summons from a larger world I used to believe it to be. It was simply a desire to escape from what I had.” WorldBelieveWellsMovingUsedDesireFeltOceanMilesImpulseSwimChestsThread Book:Outline Source: Outline
“If the oarsmen of a fast-moving ship suddenly cease to row, the suspension of the driving force of the oars doesn't prevent the vessel from continuing to move on its course. And with a speech it is much the same. After he has finished reciting the document, the speaker will still be able to maintain the same tone without a break, borrowing its momentum and impulse from the passage he has just read out.” IfsStillsAbleMovingCoursesForceBreakSpeechFinishedDrivingCeaseShipsImpulseTonePassagesSpeakersContinuingDocumentsVesselMomentumBorrowingDriving ForceSuspensionOarReciting Author:Marcus Tullius Cicero