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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Miracle Mongers and Their Methods by Harry Houdini: is, the less the blows are felt: And if the
anvil was but two or three times heavier
than the hammer, the strong man would
be killed by a few blows; for the more
matter the anvil has, the more INERTIA and
the less liable it is to be struck out of its
place; because when it has by the blow
receiv'd the whole MOMENTUM of the hammer,
its velocity will be so much less than
that of the hammer as it has more matter
than the hammer. Neither are we to
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