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The Hebrew Bible allots seventy years as the human life-span but the Hindu Vedic scripture which is far older, allots a hundred years. It is a curious fact that the ancient Svarodaya Manual of Yoga reported man as breathing three times less each minute than he generally does today. This means that each breath was longer in those early days when he lived out a century of years.

-- Notebooks Category 5: The Body > Chapter 6 : Breathing Exercises > # 40