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It is, as it were, a quasi-living body, perpetuated by the constant replacement of the component parts, which are destroyed as its normal activities go on.

From Essentials of Economic Theory As Applied to Modern Problems of Industry and Public Policy by Clark, John Bates

The flickering yellow lights of the machines wavered as if all the quasi-living machines were listening absorbedly.

From The Machine That Saved The World by Leinster, Murray