The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1870-08-11
tFrOm the chronological Journal for August
The Power of Habit.

The Power of Habit.
What is there in nature more won
derful than the various and extreme
changes and conditions to which the
human system is capable of adapting
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man can live on a plank, in the open
sea, exposed to the elements. nine days,
without food or water. Man can out
walk and outrun-on long stretch
the heetest animal He can live in
caves, huts, tents, wigwams, cabins, or
houses. He can live if you cut off his
hands, feet, and scalp; if you break his
bones, knock out his teeth, and part
of his brains, and riddle his body with
shot; and he has lived ten days with a
bullet in his heart-instance Bill PoSl I;
and many years with large opening
in the stomach, as large as the palm Of
a ladys hand-instance St. Martin, de-
scribed by DR.. Beaumont.
1t will be conceded from these state
ments of fact that the powers of human
endurance and tenacity Of life are in
deed remarkable. But what OF the
force of habit? This: although capa-
BILE of almost inconceivable tempera-
mental changes and notifications, we
are, by the lives we lead, daily casting
the molds of our characters. Through
the food we eat, the air we breathe, the
blood we make, tissue, nerve, muscle,
and bone are formed. We groU into
comely or into uncomely form, feature,
character. And although we are not
actually stereOtWOed, the natural tendency
of malter-earh, tree, and man-is 10
certain degree of fxedness. For ex-
ample, if we live regnlarly-as is the
custom of nen-we retire at certain
hour, sleep certain length of time, and
rise within ten minutes of the same
hour. We take our meals with the
same regularity, and pursue our avoca-
tions day after day, week after week
for months and years, with the same
uniformity. Is it singular that we take
on fixed expressions by these regular
habitsl
Feed achild for years on certain kinds
of food, beef, pork, or mutton, -
and then if you suddenly change his di-
ct to that of fruits and vegetables, will
he not be liable TO 'hanker after fesh7"
Or to go back of this: suppose nurs-
ing mother 10 indulge freely in wine,
porter, beer, "bitters," or other alco-
holic stimulants, will not her milk be
largely impregnated with them2 And
will not the babe acquire an appetite for
the same7 And will not the "habit'
become fixed for life, with both mother
and child? And as 1t is with this, so it
is with other things in which we in
dulge. If the father chews, snuffs,
or smokes tobacco, the odor associated
with his practice pervades all things