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Show HOURS FOR SLEEP AND DREAM8. General Method of Living Declared to De Wrong. Thero certainly Is good roauon to suspect that our entire goneral meth od of living, so far us dirforentlatlon of waking and sleeping hours Is concerned. con-cerned. Is wrong, but It does not seni as jet to hnve oecurrod to tho learned men to make the simple ex-pcrliucnts ex-pcrliucnts lequlstte to tho acquirement acquire-ment of exact knowledge, says the Xorth American Hevlew. Any one, of course, ran do It to his own satisfaction, satis-faction, but tho Individual result pf an unsclontlllc test would bo far from conclusive An effort by nny of our own societies to dctormluo whether thero may not bo In this slmplo revolution revo-lution of hours a pnnncon for American Ameri-can nerves, would eem to bo In order. Wo would not, of course, nntlclp&le any lmmedlatu cfTect, whatever the result re-sult of such experimentation, becausa human nature Is obstinate nnd long evenings by tho flresldo nro notoriously notorious-ly ngreoablo. Ono effect, generally consldoicd highly desirable, wo suspect, sus-pect, would bo certuin. Almost surely sure-ly such sleep would bo less dreamful nnd, consequently, according to both tho learned men and experience, moro restful physically nnd moro rocupora-tlvo rocupora-tlvo mentally. Hut horo again prao-tlco prao-tlco will encounter tho sorloua obstacle obsta-cle of disinclination. Dreaming cither by day or by night Ib ono of tho greatest great-est luxuries. It Is not, of courso, a physical necessity, slnco wo all know many persons who novor dream at all and yet contlnuo to bo oxasporat-liigly oxasporat-liigly healthful. Hut observation teach ch us that such persons Invariably are most uninteresting. Thoy may and often do possess In n notnblo degreo sweetness of disposition, but they are bo devoid or Imagination au to bo out of touch with tho fantasies of existence |