Speech, The Effect of Earnest—See [Earnestness].
Speed—See [Swiftness of Birds].
Speed in Travel—See [Traveling, Progress in].
Speed Increased by Reducing Delays—See [Delay].
Speed, Sensation of—See [Obstacles].
SPEED, THE SECRET OF
In attacking some evils the best way to sweep them down, is often to use our greatest bulk and energy at the outset; as a ship, according to M. C. L. Meyher, moves fastest when the bow is made larger than the stern.
It should be noted in passing that all creatures that are called upon to move rapidly through a fluid are much slenderer behind than before, and it should be added that forms that are too slender in front are quite unsuited for great speeds. This may easily be demonstrated, but would take us too far from our subject for the moment. We should only say that it is difficult to understand why designers so often persist in giving to vessels forms that are more slender in the bow than in the stern, when the contrary should be the case.—Revue Generale des Sciences.
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Spelling at Fault—See [Illiteracy].