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of the trouble, the invalidgets "well" only to drag out a miserable existence or to get veryill again.Although any nervous suffering is worth while if it is the means ofteaching us how to avoid nervous strain, it certainly is farpreferable to avoid the strain without the extreme pain of a nervousbreakdown. To point out many of these pernicious habits and to suggest apractical remedy for each and all of them is the aim of this book,and for that reason common examples in various phases
e failures and to "begin again," as much time is lost in thesefruitless attempts. Nothing less than !absolute integrity! is or canbe demanded of a quantitative analyst, and any disregard of thisprinciple, however slight, is as fatal to success as lack of chemicalknowledge or inaptitude in manipulation can possibly be.NOTEBOOKS Notebooks should contain, beside the record of observations,descriptive notes. All records of weights should be placed upon theright-hand page, while that on
ir background the physical world we live in and all its familiar accessories. Life on the sixth division is simply our ordinary life on this earth, minus the physical body and its necessities; while as it ascends through the fifth and fourth divisions it becomes less and less material, and is more and more withdrawn from our lower world and its interests.The scenery of these lower divisions, then, is that of the earth as we know it: but it is also very much more; for when looked at from this
d will answer his purposes.The plans and directions submitted in this work are intended to be of the most practical kind; plain, substantial, and applicable, throughout, to the purposes intended, and such as are within the reach--each in their kind--of every farmer in our country. These plans are chiefly original; that is, they are not copied from any in the books, or from any structures with which the writer is familiar. Yet they will doubtless, on examination, be found in several cases to
apsed since his death, and yet his ideas, doctrines and teachings are still quoted and accepted without any apparent diminution of their influence. Cicero had in mind an exact prototype of Jefferson when he said, "Homines ad deos nulla re propius accedunt quam salutem hominibus dando."[1][1] There is no way by which man can approach nearer to the gods than by contributing to the welfare of their fellow creatures. Authentic history shows a persistent tendency of the Anglo-Saxon race in
cure of diseases by mental means. MΓΌller's observation was in advance of his times, but could not be expected to include the results of the latest researches of modern science.For a great many years physicians have recognized that not only are all diseases made worse by an incorrect mental attitude, but that some diseases are the direct result of worry and other mental disturbances. The mental force which causes colored water to act as an emetic, or postage-stamps to produce a blister, can also