The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-26
4 NOVEL BOOK ON HEALTH
HERBERT FISHER DTSrt ssES
THE LANITI or OH LIFE.
siodern Wan Poor Trims Pn,sicaii,. He
sa,s-Lark ef Common sense In
, Hanristnx the Hnman kngine-- weak.
ness sf Napoleon and Herbert spencer


sa,s-Lack of Common sense In
Hanristnx the Hnman kngine--weak.
meas ef Napoleon and Herbert spencer
OF course I do not deny that IN this busi-
mesa OF healthy living certain degree OF
progress remains to he made But man
ehy be 50 grim and so unhasging IN the
pursnit OF it' Health Is not the only con-
siderauon. Do save time for few Of those
things which really make life worth while
In answer to this argument Herbert
". Fisher has written a book. Just pub
llshed. taking q rather unfair advanta &c
OF his friend by making IL . book on health
and emitting it Making Life Worth
While II 10 As a health book from
this unusual standpoint that the book
carries an extraordinary amount Of
interest, not written on medical lines
but those Of business Says the author
somewhere in his argument
Inc love OF pleasure Is in at least some
cases q saving provision OF nature In
the beginning ~ saved VS. from poi-ons
and even now II sometimes makes break
IN the right direction. The wisest policy
were neither to condemn IL nor TO Ignore It
but TO turn II to account. For at any rate
~e can no more oueli II than can suspend
blind effort for IL And the ethical teacher
who denounces such efforts 10 himself max
ing them with every syllable OF his denun-
citation. Every time he Pave q carfaTe.
every time he puts on his overcoat. every
time he opens q door. every time he siSns
a contract. every time no sends for doc
tor he 10 laboring OBVIOUSLY. a step at a time
toward an eventual product-some little
oross section OF happiness or at least some
mil o. NJ han ait far
himself or for another
BAIT the Dad economy Of conducting our
search thua blindly instead OF open eyed
IL made potent by the fact that the product
10 out OF all proportion to the elaborate
modern machinery from which IL issues.
One 10 reminded OF that rueful adventure
OF Alice In the Looking Glass.
Well In our country. said Alice. still
painting little. you'd generally get TO
soms here else-if YOU ran very fast for a
long time. a. we've been doing
A GLOW sort OF country" said the Queen
Now. here. you see. IL takes all the running
you can do TO keep in the same place
So with us.
But look At the body alone Who can doubt
tina, IL WAS intended IN run. leap. wrs-tle.
nshf, swim. climb dance and shout-a
thousand muscles performln. their ap.
pointed tasks Of mutual Welding and re-
distance around a changing p-,in, ~ eaui.
librium and none of them dscrimina' -
by the joyous captain IN rhe BRAIN Such
q man nssds no os'eopath "a search our q
single gland and manipulate IL Nature
sends him an impulse to yawn. stretch.
shout or run mile and he danger Ia averrad
Turn for q moment To his environment
Who can doubt thar fhe eye OF man was
intended to rely for its chemical reactions
upon colors predominanfiy green and blue.
with an occasional splash Of scarlet and gold.
and upon shapes that are OF The Jungle
confused. mysterious. e1uberan' rhaf the
ear vas meant 10 vIbrate ~ the sirgInRs
of wind and waves. the rusrlinzs nf leave.
the sinslngs and cummings and chirnins-
Of natu .punctuat-d by an occasional upr0lr
and . thunderbolt: that the lungs we're in
tended TO DO penetrated and suTusAd nv
perennial oxygen. thai the skin " n tn'enfed
70 be bathsd in alternating ar AMI water.
sun and shadow. heat and cold hat the
cons ciousness was I'M ended TO ehb gradually
win snnsst and revive graduslly wr'h ne
slow dawn. and that all the hours 81 u mans
dAs. aside from those spent in sleeping aud
iorssins ana loafns. were intended 10 be
thus occupied This IL man ny nature
The author has taken An observing trip
across the ferry:
II 10 clear to the most casual observer
that man 10 not desenersting he
must have been degenera'" from the be
ginning Crosse on the crowded ferry and
observe the dull neutrality Of h.inh-ths
MN Cling OF the second and third az gss OF
the journey There YOU MAJ zee the
ubiquitous outcroppinrs Of wha, is Rniwins
within. teeth decayed. though CLOSED with
~ ngs. eyes darkly pocketed benz .th. and
their Ids often auiver.n9 skin hlea' he6.
hTovs nervously contracted textures o'
OF ne not one man in "A thousand com.
pellnz the eve Of an artist 70 revisit hts
f'sure and his features his. II YOU stop
TO think upon IL. IL really htrlA startling
for the human anatomy has been the che
inspiration OF works OF art. and in other
departments OF art We usually prefer The
;nspirAt. on TO the copy. Yet incu@e "a" firs'
forty men 81 90 years whom YOU meet 10
pres snt themselves all az one time on the
floor Of q gymnasium and 20 strip OIL their
clothes Can your think with equanimity
OF placing vour hand in contact with one
Of those bulgins debilit ited bodies Now.
= horse. a merely average horse. u 4 feast
for the eyes and 10 touch his coat not only
with your hand but even with your cheek
would afford distinct pleasure. Such 10 the
Der, ertsd discrepancy between q drudge
animal and the alleged i'm ge OF God
An appari ton Of the average man
laughed IN my face. You may be tho
ala ble cit rem Of tie world who smiles
Q
may he the literary dilettsnts who would
keep sam Johnson misera bic in order TO
keep him picturesque YOU may be the man
who. Jealous for his own victories over Co
. air and these I do not belittl-' would draw
The false inference that the bag That rides
b m 10 to be worshippsr as a blessing in
d lsguss you may no the mere ocular
ndi, dual who throws tabasco sauce on a
-upposrliious fruit salad whoever you are
TIE momsI' you open your mouth 70 utter
% Of your characteristic follies plesse stop
ct that you deserve striy %. DO not
tell Us sfterward. when sickness smtss your
ne. ghbor. that you not know your
tongue was loaded I am not. after all. so
very soleitous for any apotbeosised boy
no ,i.ennium hence though for him care
very much, nor am | so very solicitous on
my own account u am able to look after
m self, But for the agony hive'endured
In .tsnding By and watching the agony Of
Others -ths agony OF loved ones -asony
Away. irrsparable and wholly 10 be ac-
counted for BY the fable assurances with
which this average man 10 every day polint.
ing the atmosphere. for this II is that
cbafe TO punish something to punish the
elusive Incidence Of bsilth. which knows
.,h.r ~ ha .ie mr. of - AZ and