Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1873-05-14
LORD BlCOx on LONGEVITY.

Most men are wholly carried. away
with an opinion that there Is a con-
tinuai decay by succession of ages, as
well in the term of mans life, as in
the stature and strength Of his body ;
and that all things decline and
change to. the worse.
In cold and northern countries,
men live longer, commonly, than in
I1iI0t which must needs be; in respect
the skin is more compact and close,
and the Juices Of the body less dissip-
able, and the spirits themselves less
eager to consume, and In better dis
position to repair, and the air, as be-
ing little heated by the suns beams,
less predatory. And yet under the
Equinoctial Line, where the sun pas
seth 10 and fro, and causeth a double
summer and double winter, and
where the days and nights are more
equal, if other things be- eoncuTTing,
they live also very long as in Peru
and TapFebane. - ...'.-.-,. -..
longer lived than those that dweltin
continents for they live not so long
in Russia aud in the Orcades nor SO
long in Africa. though under the
same parallel, as in the Canaries and
-Ferceras sand the JspRniansa are long
er lived than the Chinese, though the
Chinese are mai upon long life. 5a. /
Z High situations do rather afford
long. livers than low, especially if
they be not tops Of mountains, but RI
sing grounds, as to their general stu
ations, such as Arcadia in Greece,
and that part of EtOlia where we re-
lated them to have lived so long,
Now, there would be the same rea-
son for mountains themselves, be-
cause of the pureness and clearness OF
the air, but that they are corrupted
by accident namely, by the vapors
rising thither, out of the valleys, and
.esting there. And therefore, in
snowy mountains, there Is not found
any notable long life not in the Alps,
not in thePyTenean mountains, not
in the Appenine; yet in the tops OF
the mountains running along toward
Etiiopia, and the Abyssines, where,
by reason Of the sands beneath, little
or no vapor riseth to the mountains,
they live long, even at this very day,
attaining many times to an hundred
and fifty. llass e - lA-,h
MARSHES and feus are propitious to
the natives, and malignant TO stran
gers, as touching the leiigthening
and shortening Of their lives and
that which may seem more mafvel-
lOus, salt marshes, where the sea ebbs
and flows, are less wholesome than
those OF fresh water. .I 1850 70 y
{ It's a secret-the health fuiness of
air, especially in any perfection, is
better found by experiment.. than by I
discourse or Conjecture You may
make q trial by a lock Of wool ex-
posed for few days In the open air,
if the weight be not much increased !:
anOthsr, by a piece or flesh exposed
likewise, If it,eorfupt not over soon :
another, by a weather glass, If the
water interchange not too suddenly. |
OF these, and the Ike, inquire fur
tbeF ~ Eif3 - reuf -1E SIT .raUE .Vtrl
Not only the goodness Tor pureness
Of the air, but also the quality Of the |
air, is material to long life. Inter
Of hills aud dales is pleasant |
to the sight, but suspected for long |
lifeg-5As plain moderately dry, but |
yet nOtover barren or sandy, nor al |
together!without trees and shade, Is |
ferdength. or life. ]
Inequality of air, as-Yas even now
said in the place Of our dwelling, is
naught = but change of air by travel
ling, after one be used unto it, Is
good and therefore great travellers
have. been long-lived. Also, those
that have lived perpetualiy in q little
cottage, in the same place, have been
long liyers for air accustomed con-
surnstil less but nir. changed nOur-
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