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Show Health Notes Have you ever noticed that the only grapes that become perfectly ripe and sweet, that the only peaches that take on those beautiful" red cheeks and offer that luscious sweetness, are those that are on the outside, uncovered, and perfectly per-fectly exposed to the sun? God's laws are the same in the animal world Have n variety of food, but eat moderately. mod-erately. No one can have good health and clear perceptions of right and a quick sense of wrong who indulges in over-eating. Teace itself Is a struggle, or rather, it is struggle and activity which are the law. We only And rest in effort, as the flame only finds existence In combustion. Do not despise your situation ; In It you must act, suffer, and conquer. From every point on earth, we are j equally near to heaven and to H lu- I finite. With some people the question is not how much pood is this foo'i going go-ing to do me. hut. how pleasant It will taste for an instant while It is passfig All men desire happiness, hut few know how to secure it. It is wise to seek for interests rather than pleasures. The old man whose brain is sound, and who is not ashamed to keep on thinking and working, rejoices, even in the evening of life, in the world and people and the happiness of youth, and enjoys love and consideration instead of being tlv object of aversion or ridicule. Obliterate everything disagreeable from yesterday. Start out with a clean sheet for today, and write upon it for sweet memory's sake only those things which are lovely and lovable. t The amount of abuse which the modern civilized stomach can withstand with-stand Is an eternal monument to the perfecting powers of the evolutional survival of (ho fittest. Keep mind and body active. Fight vigorously against worry and despondency. despon-dency. One great remedy is to take short views. It is no use trying to run away from difficulties, they are sure to overtake you. Face them bodly and they will often vanish. Barring Accidents or unhappy hereditary hered-itary burdens or the overwork which sometimes seems inpviiuble, it lies within the power of a great number num-ber of us to be ready for service three hundred and sixty-live days lu the yuar. |