![If a man has a tent made of linen of which the apertures have all been stopped up, and be it twelve bracchia across (over twenty-five feet) and twelve in depth, he will be able to throw himself down from any height without sustaining injury. [His concept of the parachute.]](/assets/img/quote-photos/if-a-man-has-a-tent-made-of-linen-of-which-the-apertures-have-all-been-stopped-up.jpg)
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