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The life-force displays one remarkable effect during sleep: it not only recuperates the body but--as in the cases of Napoleon and General Douglas MacArthur--keeps the body strong and tough even though never exercised. For these two men possessed the uncommon power of being able to fall asleep within a minute or two at will.

-- Notebooks Category 10: Healing of the Self > Chapter 2 : The Universal Life Force > # 15