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... less by rule and more by instinct in the matter of food , habit , and clothing , there would be a larger proportion of healthy and happy lives . The general lesson to learn is that the machine , man , is well devised and constructed ...
... less by rule and more by instinct in the matter of food , habit , and clothing , there would be a larger proportion of healthy and happy lives . The general lesson to learn is that the machine , man , is well devised and constructed ...
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... less injurious to body and mind than excess in pre- caution . The practical aim should be to live an orderly and natural life , and to leave contin- gencies to be met by the force and strength of those safeguards with which the physical ...
... less injurious to body and mind than excess in pre- caution . The practical aim should be to live an orderly and natural life , and to leave contin- gencies to be met by the force and strength of those safeguards with which the physical ...
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... less unpleasantly impressed with the fact that there are laws in our members warring against the mind ; and it is through the mind only , or mainly , that we can subdue and coerce these subsidiary but insubordinate parts to their proper ...
... less unpleasantly impressed with the fact that there are laws in our members warring against the mind ; and it is through the mind only , or mainly , that we can subdue and coerce these subsidiary but insubordinate parts to their proper ...
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... less sagacious , or more mistaken , enterprise than " the pursuit of health . " It would be all very well if it were the health of some other person we sought ; but it is our own ; and we are apt to become exhausted , and fall ill on ...
... less sagacious , or more mistaken , enterprise than " the pursuit of health . " It would be all very well if it were the health of some other person we sought ; but it is our own ; and we are apt to become exhausted , and fall ill on ...
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... less chance of the at- mosphere we inhale having stood stagnant over bad soil , or around sources of poisonous or de- leterious exhalations , and thus contracted pollu- tion . We want pure air and plenty of it ; and it is worth any ...
... less chance of the at- mosphere we inhale having stood stagnant over bad soil , or around sources of poisonous or de- leterious exhalations , and thus contracted pollu- tion . We want pure air and plenty of it ; and it is worth any ...
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