The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1866-02-15
For the Lancaster Gazette.
LAWS OF HEALTH,

N mall IL com
o monty regarded as one who, over tax
,. ing his mental powers, is coptraetin,
I HE days and preparing for himself a.
early grave. According to the popu
lar idea, the mind contemplates him
: under the similitudo of sunken eve
'hin Visage, pale and wan, with sbarn
anxious expression of countenance
suffering various physical ills, as dvs.
pepsla, general nervousness and bvno.
chondria. Now to all this [ must 70
spectfully demur, keeping in mind on.
~ as VIC proceed, that it is the abuse
and not the use ofany, or all of our
faculties, which may become the spb
ject of complaint.
Thehis.ory of man, Of whatever NJ.
l'on or age, or under whatever circum
stances, proves most concIusivelv .h.t
10 secure vigorous and healthy bodies
and to live out his scripturul term Of
'nree score AID ten years, his brains |
must be used, and vigorously, but svs.
tema tleally and orderly, We admire
ana applaud tho physical strength and
activity Of the Greeks, and .ascribe it
mainly to their gymnastic and other
means employed by them to secure
irm and enduring frames; and in our
1eslrc TO come up to them, as physical
beings, we employ means to imitoto
IND copy their practices. But wbi,e
ve lhus aspire to make Greeks of onr {
ewes we seem to forget that this very I
'eoP,e attained almost the pinnacle Of
Intellectual greatness. That in tho
rls ana sciences, in political economy
na IN the zeal and earnestness with ?;
men they entered into all the exprcs. Iu
ons OF life, they arose above oIl co 40 co
nations. In other words bo
10 creeks worked with their brains w. VIZ
'us bringing out the highest type Of We, vie
g intellectual, the graceful and the Ini
But we would not have the mind ~ 4
plHd with owand grovelng thonrbts. g%n Slsl
teiectual life is mans Legitimate laT.
mere; out thenght must take hold Of
ngs above and superior to tho nres Co
!, 10 DO life-giving and elevatins. ~
'as ; that lead out and expand and A
lsly; so that, to have attained nm nm "A
vance we can use our advantage Ms
stand point from which to taRo in in
Ter and larger conceptions and this
mind when once fairly on the high, Go
70 knowledge, finds ever in creas. a. Pa Pa
incentives and enjoyments Lane 1
ne brain is fountain of life md -uo' W
ith from which is sent out tbronab ta,s @ eO
nerves, which all concenter in It Il, Ohio, p
ana health and invigoralinp inau, No. /
os' which give development to ev. q Morf6 Gbn
part. Thus, agreeable and eley, links,
lhouglt not only keeps tho whole ii nOffS Ghn
mnne IN beautiful play, but actually tHinin ssn.g
,mes the direct means Of restoring liam ismgr 7
lbs. L equilibrium of the vital forces "'aS% aSS"
Vhleh disease is cured. Throw ~ gear, I
your novels and pill boxes and with ann !.
substantial and intellectual booI. E -.
let your mind contemplate the prCsen S n
aeur ana majesty of Gods visible sSHih sS,hh ,
tangible works, and see if Won do other 5
improve in physical and intcIlectu the the asp, EG,
u'th' Feb.
is said that Sir Walter Scott die. De,
lVenhoe,' one of the best of his 9as-zA
s, during a harrassing sickness. ||TSHsss;;S
hat the vigor of mind he wos -, -
elled to employ to raise him to the Enquire
rs OF chivalry and splendor, actu. NOV
'estored him to sound health
elllgence and mental labor CON-
10 longevity. Few men have ro,
ed the age of Humboldt: but Tho 0T fUi isu
baron Won Humboldt was one S%sas.sy SSp n.si,
ossant' almost unremittng men. Plsssvit
pl'cation. Great reformers and SdSiea2y Uda%ielG
men whose minds have been for known kI e
ong period called into constant PetItISH ptRfoeS
'weriul effort 10 concieving and SAID AnG GGSG ,SG
ng out principles and public notice tia
res, have usually reached a rine HsSS6n,A HaSbSa, A !
>. wesley, Calvin, Luther, CLAW proceed I
CT; 81 , tne Adnmses, and many 9th. he trial sie :
mlll9r in history, but whose Sst%..U bS1S will !,
would swell our article beyond o'clock P,
per limits, lived to their tbroo @ cd
nd ten and four score years
general diffusion NJ ;nCu: reo' D. l
ern times tends to longevity. as VILLA, =,
'y prepared tables. The aver r.
n OF life is longer in the nine. Nc
century than it was in the eipb. CROCE
and was longer in the eiSb Nor,,.
nan IN the seventeenth. Di. nnI
statesmen and attorneys live
nan laborers and Agricultural Lancaster
20 term Of life is more extend. -
S.lsSt : NsT n England States, ss''aS, The N E
generally, or in the Western
y .nern States, The fact is that 49, a
y strong and sound BY mental
10 the thoughtless and sloth, HAVE
Sually greater physical suffsr. -. nv''' low
ind mostly premature graves u "
0 intellect can be abdssd A. A1
nse OF the body. The reader y .nsn 'ns n'arse 3
oreherd what We have bean A''o . IN
say in this condensed article. j,,n,,., =,
It be afraid to think; do not -. ~
your mind may become too hvorIe,
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