The Paradox of Powerlessness
He was
crucified through weakness, yet He liveth by the power of God (2 Corinthians
13:4).
In nature we see that all the grandest forces
are best expressed through the frailest mediums. The awful energy known as
electricity works most effectually through slender wires. The mighty magnetic
stream is revealed in the trembling needle. Thought is not located in an organ
like a man’s fist, all bone and muscle; its chosen seat is the delicate brain,
and it best acts through fairy cells and attenuated films compared with which
the gossamer is coarse. Life does not reside in the massive skeleton, but
pulses along the silver cord of alarming delicacy.
From Royal Insignia by Edwin and Lillian Harvey
This photograph is by Liz Burnell.
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