Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1855-07-28
.srength Of Life.
M. FIcurtns, a Frpncl


Il sgsa length Of Life. .lsEaE' I'D
j. M. sFIcurens, a French sayant, b;
4 preached and sustained. By ingenious al
] egnmeut, a most, comfortable theory 10 tn;
Elninite number Of people who Eotwith
Standing the trials and troubles oef5thi
life, are veil satisfied with the world am
no desire to- quit it asmoment sooner iha
! possible. 81 He enlarges the limit OF lie
from three. score years aud ten to on
/ hundred . and makes those who do 10
reach that spafriarsi,aal age: lie sic,im o
fimproprieties If not of excesses---a the
ory which, while it may be pleasing Il
the pc If long life Of the living, is no
very mplimen tafy to the vast majority
Of the dead who failed TO enjoy half The
years they were entitled to. NJ. Flouren,
divides lite into six stagesi and though The
division is not il new olss, yet the tassiti
cation he makes is decidedly so.4 Hs.clas,
SITES the stages sf life as follows - $50
The first ten years Of life are Infancy
properly SO called The second ten is
the period OF boy hood. The first youth
is from twenty to thirty, aud from thirty
to forty the second youthful term. The
FIRST manhood is from .orty 10 finy.fye.--
The second from tlfty-iye TO seventy -
Thus according to the new sys'e,1 we are
stli boys at twenty, youths at fnrty, and
at ftty-hve enter upon that period which
NJ. FloursEs designates as the age Of
strength, the manly pe:lod of human life.
After seventy has been reached old age
begins the first period Of which xtends
from seventy to eishty-tivs, aud the Sec
ond commencing atieighty-fge. fhe the :
Dry is confirmed by Button, who asserts
that "the H.an who Goes not die of acct
dental disease, lives every where 20 nioe.
ty or hundred years OF age Button inves-
tigated Will, great labor And patience the
theory Of animal life He concluded that
"the total duration Of life may De estima-
ted to certain degree by that of the du-
ration ofan an,mal's growth-man increa-
SEES in height till his sixtrenthl or eish-
teenth year. and his fall development is at
thirty who takes twenty or thirty
years to grow, viii live to riEsty or a hun
bred years. y sas = sszess ~ zsH3z
M. Fioureps assumes that the gro" tn Of
man ends al tu enty, and thai this n,aturi-
ty, as In al animals. should be multiplied
by G,-e, TO give the duration Of life
Thus: asa s8& zE ss'eAs ss2slS eEH,sl.
Man grows for 20 years, and lives to go or 100
The The sa"sl 3 - {, 10 =; 30 % ss
TIE OK 81 sia 20 sal'.la Is to 90
The r. Lion : !" = 90
The Dog 2 Il 81 A tss 10 or IL
rhe Cat II a z. aea 8 or iO
.rns Hara n i It. si"i54 aa7l S. 7
The Guinea Ply mos. g Il s;ssds.6 or z
In order to enjoy. oldsage !, is deemed
fit TO observe rules - y ss.ssfs Is s4ia.is
Frs, TO know how TO be old; second,
to know oneself wei thnd. to make 4
suitable adjustment Of the daily life, and
lastly, to attack every lnaiady al its begin
ming, Blackwood's Magazine, through
whose agency we have become acquainted
with NJ FIouren's theory, says :-Bali.
American. 9aoa ea ea hEa@zssis
4. Do these speculations as to the quantity
of life upon the globe interfere in any way
with our reasonings and conclusions as 10
the natural and possible length Of human
life Not in the least. As an abstract
result Of physiological Inquiry, il has been
rendered probable that from ninety TO a
hundred years is the natural length Of an
ordinary human life. AS special and IN
dividuaI positive result. affecting each OF
us to whom this Information is given, 1t
has been rendered further probable that,
by leading a moderate and sober lite, any
Of us may attain this length of lite in com
parative health and comfort. As to what
would happen on the tace OF the globe,
were ell men'so TO live that none should
fail 70 reach 70 this great age-as to how
the people would mnl;iply, and what
wcnld become Of them.-,hese are Dues
tons which DO not concern us as ipd,vid.
uals anxious to live long-whic'l, were
we all to begin incontnentalIy soto live,
could scarcely cause anxiety for genera
items TO come, and which we may conf.
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