Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1843-06-07

Inc divine Spirit OF Lille. Jesus and his
early disciples were wont to last oten-
and We're always abstemious. Pylhagoras
and his disciples. Socrates, PLATO and all
The great and vi:tuous, among heancient
philosophers, enforced strict temperance
aud sobriety-and many among them. The
most rigid abstinence. Newton and Mil
ton while employed in their greatest la.
bors. confined themselves. TO the mos, SIM
pie diet. The latter is said to have re.
that " ii. any man would write a
Paradise LOST, he must live on pulse. and
drink cold water" Every American al
least, ought to know whatawcre the views
OF The llluslrious franklin on this subject.
Mind IS among US so clogged with sur.
tent of sense, as to render it impossible FL
II TO extend its ken parallel with she In
finite Mind, three thousand years along
the track of unmeasured time, and reveal
the Enacted deeds of man. But this is
power within his reach And it is no
way miraculous either. Ii is the natural
effect Of obedience to the followers OF
truth.
Observation teaches. as well as The his
Tory Of all great men, that the fires OF gen.
Jus have burned most brilliantly, when
the sensual fame has been dimmest-lhai
spiritual conquest has been made in lean
ness of The flesh. Great men TOO olen, after
having earned reputation, have content
ed themselves with the laurels already
won. wrapped themselves in fat and Iaia
down TO an easy repose. Indeed if they
! Will allow themselves 10 become fat, they
must of course become lazy. Il has long
been known that fat men undertake no
great or daring achievements - thar the
most Iuslful and debasetl, are the creates
gormandlzers that empty heads stand
above full siomachs-that il is physioog.
Ideally impossible, for great eaters to bt
deep, or even clear thinkers. Caesar IN.
derstood this when he said,
e Lei me have men about me that are fat,
Sseek-he.ded men, and such rs sleep o'nghts
You'd CassIus, has u lean aud hungry look.
! de Trunks too mucii----
He reads much.
He is a great observer, and lie lnoks
Quite thrOug The deeds of men ,'--.Sh1k.
The exercise oil any particular organ
whether il be the stomach. brain, or arm
determines an additlonai flow of blood Il
| it, corresponding to the amount Of exer
Else. And the action OF that organ, vii
be easy and powerful, or painful and fee
bic, accordingly as the blood is concenllal
ed towards il, or diverted from it while il
exercise. La proportion to the tendenc
of blood towards any particular organ
:. will be the size of the organ; and the. en-
ergy OF its manifestations. When food
taken into the stomach, that organ
called into exercise, and the blood cor
centrates there TO aid in the function {
digestion. The labor Of the stomach wi
be in proportion 10 the food taken, an
its facility of digestion. All have expe
}. fenced the difficulty of thinking after
q full mea!-dullness and disposition
! sleep. These are the effects ofihe blood
g ing Withdrawal from the brain 10 III
: stomach. Large eaters. confne the bloc
D: constantly to the stomach, because The
n keep it forever at work - and hence
10 enlargement. Deep thinkers confne 4
5. blood to the brain, and that becomes lar
Is while the body remains lean and supp
eff or pines for lack of freer general Giro
s. iation OF blood / wonder ifthe oppose
D. of dlctelic reform, were ever struck wi
at the significant fact, that the disciples
C. their school. are amply developed abe
le their gastronomic regions, while men
IT. sense and sentiment have ample and "
q, developed heads.
y Other things being equal, the hum
T. vigor will depend on the compactness a
"a, texture of The naoscular and nervous s,
e tens and these. again will depend up
g the purity of the matter from which th
TX are organized, in the same way as
~ been shewn in respect to plants snd a
e. mails. AS the whole system is replen il
g ed from the blood, it can be seen at
lai glance, The best food is that which 81
~ plies the greatest amount of nervo-mus
~ lar energy; and which uodergoes dig
lion, with the least functional obsi ructi
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