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Bhokspcare apostrophise* it ni Th# Immortal akwjbBleep that knlta tho ratalfrd alcove of care :Tha birth of aaoh Any'* lit**, tor* labour*# hath t Halm nf hurt mind*, peat natum'a Mconil course j Chief nuurikhor in lifn'a feaat.Infancy ntilt;l ago require more sleep, and ranch longer rest, than a*lult life. Sleep hit boon called tho death of the day ; and nothing in more encrvating than au eioeu of it. There uro many thing*, lioworor, which influenco and regulate the sleep rent of individuals, auch as habit, mind, and matter; hat from soino peculiarities of constitution, thero ore soido who require ro«ro sleep than other*. To nmintain health, the host courwc to l*o adopted ia, to take that amount of sleep which la sufficient for tho duo performance of lifo'a duties; beyond this period, all sleep ia hurtful, and begets sloth, which, in iu turn, begot* penury and disease. Courting second sleep when tho body has bad enough for tho proper refreshment of its »r-gans, and tho preparation of the mind for once more performing tho active duties of lifo, only induces heaviness and headache*; in One, sloep should only be indulged in according to tho requirements cither of a healthy or diaorderod frame, and aocordiug to tho different epochs of life, whether of infancy, puberty, adult lifo, or old ago. Proper dirt and medicine^ under certain conditi' ns of the body, evidencing a departure from tho Inwsof health, form a largo subject for inquiry—much too largo for mo to do, more than make a mere passing alludon to it Their application in all oases, and in tho varied phases of disease, trifling or not, should l*o regulated on broad principles, so a.® to restore the lost equilibrium of tho system, nor should cither of them l*e continued beyond the point of remedial agency Their simple notion seems to bo, to conduct a train of cause* into a right ehannol, and when this has been accomplished, the system itself is so wise and elastic, that it continues, by its own natural powers, to koop up tho standard of health.
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Sydney Empire
Sydney, New South Wales, AU
Fri, Jun 29, 1866
Page 2
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Arthur E.
VA, USA 30 Jul 2021
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