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... disease , or at least incapacity , to another . It is therefore necessary to speak of health as a condition or state which , while it is doubtless governed by general laws , cannot be defined in the abstract . It is important to bear ...
... disease , or at least incapacity , to another . It is therefore necessary to speak of health as a condition or state which , while it is doubtless governed by general laws , cannot be defined in the abstract . It is important to bear ...
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... disease , just as the most perfect piece of mechanism may be injured by the frequent meddling of an engineer who does not thoroughly understand it . No one can per- fectly comprehend the conditions of his own health , and he is ...
... disease , just as the most perfect piece of mechanism may be injured by the frequent meddling of an engineer who does not thoroughly understand it . No one can per- fectly comprehend the conditions of his own health , and he is ...
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... disease is foreign , and by which the invasion of disease will be resisted . We were not intended to pick our way through the world trembling at every step , but to walk boldly , secure in the confidence that " a sound mind in a sound ...
... disease is foreign , and by which the invasion of disease will be resisted . We were not intended to pick our way through the world trembling at every step , but to walk boldly , secure in the confidence that " a sound mind in a sound ...
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... the whims and accept the excuses of the " not very well . " Many a man would be saved from the toils of real disease if he were checked in the act of " giving way " to it . It follows that the sacrifice 22 How to Make the Best of Life .
... the whims and accept the excuses of the " not very well . " Many a man would be saved from the toils of real disease if he were checked in the act of " giving way " to it . It follows that the sacrifice 22 How to Make the Best of Life .
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... disease , there ought to be no shirking of duty on the plea of " not feeling well . " The way to feel well is to work well . The body grows by exercise . It takes in just as much nutriment as it requires , the measure of " require- ment ...
... disease , there ought to be no shirking of duty on the plea of " not feeling well . " The way to feel well is to work well . The body grows by exercise . It takes in just as much nutriment as it requires , the measure of " require- ment ...
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