The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1823-08-07

and TOO 'spidIy exbsnsl the vital spirits, the
principle OF life.
A due alienation OF sleep and watching Is
so essential maxim for those who desire Ion.
'geviiy. II you sleep too much, you collect Q
supetsbundsnce Of juices for sleep feeds the
body more, II any thing, than alimentsry sub.
stances. IL 10 an indispensable role for such
ss wish for long lite, that they keep the body
ss nearly - possible, OF equal weight. Now,
by rest, il soon becomes heavier, and by ia
tigues IL is rendered lighter. Both initiate
sgsinst the hope OF long life.
OF tho lahore Of tho miod and of the pas.
sions, ! have already treated and 10 Tho nat.
urai evacuations, ,hoy mus be constantly kept
up, but on no account too strongly excited by
tho use Of frequent or powerful medicines.
"No Charities are necessary" sys Boerhsve,
I" for thsro are people OF eighty who bsyo
never taken any, end yet have slwsy, kept
their bodies in q proper STATE" The ssme
remark applies 10 ell artificial evacua'ions 10
blood.let,ing, perspira,ion, and tho like.
To attain advanced age, mon must enjoy
uninterrupted health, for all diseases gDaw at
the germ Of life. II, then, tho ruie, for reg
ulsting our mode of life in general enable us
to avoid diseases, il follows, Of course, that we
mus, observe all these rules, II we would at.
fsin advanced age. II is most commonly the
case, that people caro- too Iiuls sbou, the fu.
sure, to submit, for tho ssks OF il, to the ob.
servsoce Of so many rules; and ye, there is
90 other way of becoming old than this.
aow, for instsnce, can . man expect 10 live
long, if no Injuries tho viscers, or suffers his
juices 10 be :aiDted by a corruption, which
exposes him to @ thousand dangers in his
mortal pilgrimage Boerbase relates q 70.
Insrksbie instance in eIucidaiion OF this truth.
A young man, OF dis,ing guished i,mily, end
at melancholy temperament, fsncied, with
out suy cause, that tho effects OF youthful III.
discretions were still lurking iD hio cons,iru.
tion! So strong wss his conviction on this
sdbjeci, that all the arguments OF his physi.
clans could not por,usde him to tho contrary.
Al length he found ono and why should no
not meet with such o man ! who coincded in
his opinion, and prescribed sslivatioD. He
sub nitted twice to this process, aud after this
care Of his imaginary disease, lived without
silment I'LL his eigh,ieth yesr, though none OF
his family had ever attained an advanced age.
by this operation all the juice. are cleansed,
and whatever OF importance they contain is
expelled from tho system. Bacon Frat dis.
covered that such publication Of the juices
contributes greatly 10 Iooeeviy. Ho OBJ
serves, that those medicines which consume
oil the juices Of tho body promote long life, If
the viscors be but strong enough TO cOncoct
nav aud healthy juices from tho new .aiu,ary
slimen,s , otherwise 1t would certainly bs
hn',er TO have bad juices than none q, oil.
Such are tho most important points to be
by those who desire TO suuln en- ad-
vsnced age. There arc few people who pur-
sue This course, and most Of thoss who arc
fo06d ,herc have struck into il by accident,
sr hesn 5ss~.a .hi'h~- ~ ---~-s',y. A yery
small number, indeed, voluntarily choose thi.
way, which keeps them aloof from tho graft.
Gcatioos and indulgencies Of early uie. 1t
must not, however, be imagined, that those
who continue to DE tho slaves of their pas
sions, are difFeren, to longth OF life, or have
voluntarily renounced the hope Of en- njoyjng It.
This ia iar from being the case. Tho more
pleasure We Eod in life, the moro ardeotly We
desire its ptolonga,ion. No man Is more
unwilling to die ptsmaturely than the dsbao.
chee; none sighs more anxious'y for length
of years; mono feois a greater horror of
death, than no who knows not how TO die
well, which art consists solely in tho con-
sciousness OF having lived well.