Understanding McLuhan/Understanding McLuhan (1996)(Voyager)[Mac-PC].iso/pc/mcluhan.dxr/08331_Field_TCGG T96.txt

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     his arms and pour it out into the ditch. While his efforts
     were tremendous the results appeared to be very meagre.
          ‘Tzu-Gung said, “There is a way whereby you can
     irrigate a hundred ditches in one day, and whereby you
     can do much with little effort. Would you not like to hear
     of it?” Then the gardener stood up, looked at him and
     said, “And what would that be?”
          ‘Tzu-Gung replied, “You take a wooden lever,
     weighted at the back and light in front. In this way you
     can bring up water so quickly that it just gushes out. This
     is called a draw-well.”
          ‘Then anger rose up in the old man’s face, and he
     said, “I have heard my teacher say that whoever uses
     machines does all his work like a machine. He who does
     his work like a machine grows a heart like a machine, and
     he who carries the heart of a machine in his breast loses