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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: thus moves it from the perpendicular and
asks the two men to hold it in a vertical
position.
This they do under very disadvantageous
conditions, seeing the difference in the
length of the arms of the lever. The stress
exerted by the girl is very feeble, because,
on the one hand, she has the lever arm
to herself, and, on the other, the action
upon her lever arm is a simple traction.
When she feels that the pressure
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