Evening star., 1926-06-05

| vantshes in a moment-yet for a
long time afterward it causes the
body much suffering and damage, and
| finally destroys 1t, together with the
soul.
| Nature does not deny us the power
of living many years. Indeed, old age
as a matter of fact, is the time of life
to be most coveted, as it is then that
prudence is best exercised, and the
| fruits Of all the other virtues are en-
| jOyed with the least opposition; be-
cause, by that time, the passions are
subdued, and man gives himself w
wholly to reason.
This regular and orderly life pre-
serves in health even persons of feeble
constitution and decrepit age, as long
as they observe it.
From order and from disorder must
of necessity proceed the contrary eff
fects.
| l accustomed myself to the habit of
never fully satisfying my appetite
either with eating or drinking-al'
ways leaving the table we'll able to
take more. In this 1 acted according
to the proverb: Not to satiate one :
self with food is the science OF
health"
| Two very important rules: Namely
| to take only the quantity of food
which my stomach can easily digest
and only the kinds that agree with it.
| / have also been careful to guard
against great heat and cold, as well
as extreme fatigue or excesses of any
nature; l have never allowed my ac
customed sleep and rest to be inter
| fered with; / have avoided remain
ing for any length of time in places
poorly ventilated.
| I have also preserved myself, as far
as l have been able, from those other
disorders from which it is more diff
cult to be exempt; l mean melancholy
hatred, and other passions of the soul
which all appear greatly TO affect the
body.
! The world is maintained by order
| 1t Is through order that the sciences
are more easily mastered; it is order
| that gives the victory to armies: and
| finally, it is due to order that the sta
bility of families. of cities. and even
of governments, is maintained. There
fore, I conclude that orderly living Is
the most positive law and foundation
of a long and healthy life.
| Since q man can have no better
| doctor than himself, and no better
medicine than the temperate life, he
| should by all means embrace that
| life.
Men say that it is preferable to live
| 10 years less and to "enjoy ones life. "
| | have chosen to live those 10 years.
Nature. being desirous to preserve
| man as long as possible, teaches him
what rule to follow in time Of illness;
for she Immediately deprives the sick
of their appetite in order that they
may eat 1Slt little.
The Temperate Life does not con-
| flict with the career of any condition
of man. Thy name. The orderly and
Temperate Life. is beautiful to speak.
am ever cheerful, happy and con
tented-free from all perturbations Of
the soul and from every vexatious
thought instead of these, joy and
peace have fixed their abode in my
heart, and never depart from il.
i endeavor to omit nothing from
which / can derive either delight or
information.
Republics are slow to begin enter
priseS of great Importance.
| have learned. through a practice
Of many years. to give full play to rea .
son. Wherefore l not only deem it
wrong to fear that which cannot be
avoided. but 1 also hope that. when
the hour of my passing away is come,
! shall feel the consoling power of
the grace of Jesus Christ.
In order that I may be moderate
even i'll its temperance regard. I
Shall bring this treatise to a close.