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A Ford owner who intended to transport bricks the rest of his life could
get a big-cylinder engine and substitute it for the original but you
can't do that. This little four-cylinder affair is the only one you will
ever have and no amount of money, position or affection can buy you a
new one if you mistreat it. Like the Ford engine, it will stand for a
good many pounds of excess baggage and still do good work. But if you
load on too much and keep it there the day will come when its cylinders
begin to skip.

You may take it to the service station and pay the doctors to grind
the valves, fix your carbureter and put in some new spark plugs. These
may work pretty well as long as you are traveling the paved highway of
Perfect Health; you may keep up with the procession without noticing
anything particularly wrong.