Section 113. THE MANAGEMENT[1] OF THE BODY.
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Section 113. THE MANAGEMENT[1] OF THE BODY.
I have nothing new to say upon the management which the body requires[2]. The common rules are the best:—exercise without fatigue; generous[3] living without excess; early rising, and moderation in sleeping. These are the apothegms[4] of old women; but if they are not attended to[5], happiness[6] becomes (App. § 15) so extremely difficult that[7] very few persons can attain[8] to it. In[9] this point of view, the care[10] of the body becomes a[11] subject of elevation and importance. A walk in the fields, an hour’s[12] less sleep, may[13] remove all these bodily vexations[14] and disquietudes which are such formidable enemies to[15] virtue; they may enable[16] the mind[17] to pursue[18] its own resolves without that constant train[19] of temptations to resist, and[20] obstacles to overcome, which[21] it always experiences from the bad organisation of its companion.—Sidney Smith.