Litchfield enquirer., 1831-02-24
PARTIAL EXERCISE OF THE FACULTIES.

! ~'S 80 WV SADJOSNOu Ol Tue kaCu1lIeS Il
partial development, and to-a severe un.
remItting exercise, without suficiea, pro.
VISIONS for rest and PREPARATION. Great in.
equality in the distribution Of wealth auC
attalnments, and the infinite division of Ia.
bour, vary the position and constrain the
energies OF man in a thousand different
ways. These circumstances are the nc.
knowledged source Of great good to the
mass, by squirting on emulation, and con-
centrating the talents of men: but thew
are often noxious to the individual. The
opportunities, aud the conveniences, which
crowded city offer to various pursuits and
appetitcs, keep molly swarm within the
circle OF its attraction. Here the man OF
letters and the sensualist, the drudge in a
profession, the toll worn mechanic, and the
gambler, all find the Fictitious atmosphere.
where they have best their being and de-
voting themselves, each, to the god of his
ldolatry, become victims to the great Sat-
urn, that devours all his children. The
path each follows 10 his presumed exclu-
sive good, is made for him, the road to de-
struction.
1t is not by occasional excuses, but by
continued enervating exhaustion of the
nervous power, that the equilibrium of the
vital functions is overthrow. After wears
OF unvaried application to the calls of en-
crossing care, or voluptuous engagements.
the whole feshy fabric is relaxed: the
muscles lose their desired shape and tone
the skin its natural color, and smoothness-
the extremities burn or freeze-tte head
.!lrobs, and The heart flags. Without de-
cIared warfare all the elements Of our sys-
tenn rebel, and threaten to set up apoplexy,
insanity or some other appalling form of
disease, if attention be not turned to their
government. Ifby an accident
NJ circumstance, one of these followers of a
fixed and engrossing idea be thrown out of
his l'abitual course of action, the elasticity
Of the complex organism is found to be inn
paired. The taste Of strong excitement is
not all at once exchanged for more gentle
'timnl-the overstrained faculties heavc
and swell, like the painting members Of the
newly rcposed Hercules.
We have only to look around US, upon
those engaged in the constant pursuit Of
wealth, or in the society Of the dissipa,ed.
10 see the dull eye and Aabby corpnlency
'f lethargic apathy, or the pinched features
Df fidge,y irritability. The limbs are Ell |
her sunk and emaciated. or they are mis-
md spring I'D and sd1 piapneTs!h s 81 PfbAgg
mass, are insensibly, but gradually ex,in-
yuished, and undermined. Diseases OF the
stomach, brain, and heart, and schrrhus
induration of other organs, are most COM
mon among anxious, care-worn, and in,em-
pera,e people. lnfammatory complaints
spring from sudden shocks and exposures
but chronic dsbilities grow out Of habits OF
intense mental and bodily application, lux
urious indulgence, and the undue provoca-
ton Of the senses. Thus we find that la
boring men, farmers and savages, suffer
from acute diseases but diseases of the
mind, dyspepsia, govt, and painful: attec-
lions Of the nerves, are almost the exclu-
sive tormentors Of the learned, pampered,
and dissipated classes.
Not tho grosser corporeal appetites a.
lone are INDUCED to excess with sure peril !;
the intellectual processes, also, may acquire
an undue developement, and Ger iDfirm
the tenement Of clay" The head outruns
the natural feelings. In close pursuit of
kdIU1 Tug SPCGubHt" SH'P"sCSAS"s S s'SHSs >
and in constructing an exact system, the
tl,eorist stifies doubt, the parent of good
sense. Tethered by habit, and kept from
soaring beyond professional routine, the
reasoning becomes too technical, and loses
all power Of expansion and current OF acc
ton. Religion degenerates into crazy met
aphysics; morals are made TO square with
some narrow, fnc drawn system of utility
and expediency and the whole wants the
Iife's blood, that flows from the heart
Calculating, but not appreciating; filed
with science, but without judgment. one
becomes mere thinking machine, and for
gets to be man
Stewart on Tendency TO Disease Of Body and
Mind, in refined Life. London, 1923.
The mind which, like the delicate leaves
cf the mimosa, shrinks from every touch,
is i'll calculated TO solicit the assistance OF
the powerful, or to gain the favor OF the
great. The very looks of the prosperous
it construes into arrogance and it is equal
Iy wounded BY a civility which appears to
condescend, and by the insOlence which
wears the form Of contempt.
The manner Of comforting benefits is of
ten as material a the benefits themselves.
Blair.
Gskfalaess.-Women who are the leas
bsshful, are NOT unfrequently the most mod
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