A Guide to Health

If this is true (and this fact has been admitted by the most thoughtful men) it must necessarily follow that all the food that we eat beyond our immediate need is food filched from the stomachs of the poor. And to the extent to which we eat merely with a view to pleasing the palate must our health necessarily suffer

In the kingdom of Nature, none goes to sleep, none forgets to do his duty, and none shows a tendency to laziness. All the work is done to perfection, and punctually to the minute.

Surely those who spend their days in the worship of their stomach are worse than the birds and beasts.

Man is not born to eat, nor should he live to eat. His true function is to know and serve his Maker; but, since the body is essential to this service, we have perforce to eat. Even atheists will admit that we should eat merely to preserve our health, and not more than is needed for this purpose.

Man is not born to eat, nor should he live to eat. His true function is to know and serve his Maker; but, since the body is essential to this service, we have perforce to eat. Even atheists will admit that we should eat merely to preserve our health, and not more than is needed for this purpose.

good practice to dig in the sand, and take drinking water therefrom. This water is very pure, since it has been filtered by passage through the sand.

The fact that we cannot see in the dark shows that God has intended us to live and move in the light. And Nature has given us just as much darkness as we require in the night. Y

Those who thus deprive themselves of air and light are always weak and haggard.

we cultivate the habit of keeping the air pure and of breathing only fresh air, we can save ourselves from many a terrible disease

Sleeping with the face uncovered is as essential as sleeping in fresh air.