Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1908-08-16
NAN SHOULD NOT DIE
There Is No Physiological Reason
For Death.
the BODY is SELF RENEWING
p,,F.ss Diet and Mode Of living Would
,n,ur. Exact Balance Between
sodlIy Waste ard Renewal and
Would Mean Physical Immortality.

insure EXACT bAl~nco a~NWee"
aodilv Waste and Renewal and
Would Mean Physical Immortality.
The last enemy that shalr be de-
.trOved Is death" said the Scriptures.
v,t II some man attempted seriously
n reassert this ancient truth today we
would look upon him as mad prophet
indeed. Yet the time win come when
men win be able to believe this prom
iae OF the Bible, although they may
never see II literally fulfilled.
Death some day win be acknowl-
edged to be as unnatural In the econ
Omy Of the creative plant as are sin
and suffering. But whether or not In
some millennium period mortal man
will be able TO forego the gross proc
ess OF physical dissolution In beconn-
ing spiritual body is purely meta
physical question that does not enter
here What does interest US is the
question. occupying the greatest scien-
die minds today, whether the body as
such cannot be retained In perfect con-
dltlon indefinitely.
william A. Hammond. one of the
great authorities, answers II by say
hg. There Is no physiological reason
Why man should die"
Thomas ]. Allen, M. A.. LII. D., writ
nag In similar strain, says: '"rhe hui
man body Is not like a machine which
must wear out by constant disintegra-
ton, for It Is self renewing. IL Is a
simple, scientific fact that we get an
entirely new body every few years.
estimated at from three TO seven.
Every day IL a birthday. for the prOc-
es Of waste and renewal never ceases
Perfect balance between elimination
and renewal would avoid permanent
waste"
There Is no doubt that when we be-
come more enlightened and understand
perfectly the laws that govern and de-
termlne our physical lives and when
we conform to these religiously life
vii be immeasurably prolonged.
The decay Of the body as evidenced
IN old age IL unnatural. The aesthetic
within as recoils In merely contemplate
ing Us approach. We feel that there
must be something self perpetrrtive In
me change when the strong cylor In q
healthy man aud the fresh bsaltty In a
pure woman take their departure.
when the bloom on the cheeks fade.
when the brilliant light within the eyes
grows dim and the full. red lips become
pale aud fallen.
MEDICAL science has pointed out the
physiological cause OF these conditions.
Probably the tine viii come when Il
W'll be able 70 point out the manner Of
avoiding them.
we know that the body grows old be-
en,ae Of the existence 81 an imperfect
eaiance between the waste witch the
oely accumulates aud the amonnt Il Ia
alf to throw on. During youth the
''aAee Is perfect. because the body
mas alore than lis normal vitality and
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