Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-03-08
SIMPLE HABITS ARE BEST.
Those of Great Msn Contributed Mucn
to Their Success in Life.

Those of Great Msn Contributed Much
to Their Success in Life.
Benjamin Franklin, who is famed
for his discovery that lightning is cleo
tricity, and who introduced the Amer
lean colonial postal system, and VINO
Furthermore, as will be remembered,
served America at the court Of France
as minister plenipotentiary, was one
Of the leaders of early modern times
in the study Of nature and natures
laws, and not the least in domestic sci
ence. His first maxim was: "Eat not
to dullness; drink not to elevation"
Even in his youth his mind was filled
with schemes for self-regulatiOn and
guidance, and he set before him the
task Of acquiring the habitude Of Ger.
tain cardinal virtues based upon SIM
pie living and habits of thought. His
constant effort was to better the con-
dition of mankind, and his methods
were intensely practical.
Since the early times, simplicity of
preaching, teaching and eating has been
the great factor in the worlds adj
vancement, says the London Catering
World. The great mass of mankind do
not understand, nor care for, abstruse
reasoning.
The record of the life of Abraham
Lincoln is traced back to that time
when he was seen sitting on a rail
fence, in one of Americas small west
ern villages, with law book in one
hand and with piece of maize bread
in the other. Abraham Lincoln was
man of simple habits, and his great
ness was to no small extent depend
ent upon that early simplicity and
goodness which gave strength to con-
science, mind and body.
Frederick the Great fOstered above
all agriculture and the cultivation Of
fruits and vegetables His endeavor
to benefit his people was based upon
the natural laws pertaining to their
health and simple happiness. He rec
Ognized the fact, ever clear to the
minds Of the leaders of the Germans,
that the body is the basis, and must
be simply and completely nourished in
order to perfect the soldier, statesman
or the peasant.
BiSmarck's great work had for its
basis the recognition of the simple
laws of nature. He followed them,
and as a result there came about new
manhood and a new womanhood, first
in Prussia, and later in the empire.
BiSmarckS natural and acquired as
tuteness taught him, as similar per-
ception and reasoning had taught
Frederick the Great. that Political
economy, rural economy and domestic
economy are, as sciences, closely inter-
linked and interdependent in their rela
lions to the state.
While in France as United States
minister Thomas Jefferson wrote re-
specting the education Of q daughter
who was with him in Paris: Cor do
nestle economy she can learn nothing
here, yet she must learn it somewhere,
as it is Of more solid value than any
thing else" To his friend, Peter Carr,
he said: "a strong body makes
strong mind" Jefferson practiced his
preaching by subsisting mainly upon
simple natural foods, and he labored
zealously all through his busy life for
the upbuilding of an American system
Of education which should teach men
how to live in accordance with the
laws of nature. He died at the age of
81, and he had not lost tooth, nor
was one Of them defective.
1t will be recollected that the laws
Of Moses are replete with instructions
regarding the care of the body in SAM
tation and in diet, as well as in fast
ing and religious duties. 1t is due to
these laws that the health of the Jews
when in reasonable conditions is so
universally superior to that of the av-
erage of other peoples.