Of course it must be borne in mind that a machine can only claim any appreciable even aroma of Livingness so long as it is in actual use.
"Luck or Cunning?"
Samuel Butler
By this admission degrees of Livingness are admitted within the body; this involves approaches to non-Livingness.
"Luck or Cunning?"
Samuel Butler
Surely it must be, to express its own Livingness.
"The Law and the Word"
Thomas Troward