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or second meal- time. When the second breakfast 

 has been missed we feel an unusual lightness of 

 body and clarity of mind. Problems at other times 

 complex resolve themselves easily into their answers. 

 The universe is likely to be revealed in the light 

 of some startling paradox. It is an exhilarating 

 time. The writer gets to his task with a zest, and 

 does it passing well. 



I have not pursued the fast beyond the third 

 day. I believe that the results thereafter are quite 

 negative. The desire for food becomes less, the. 

 habit of the meal-time having been lost, and the 

 resumption of eating after a long fast becomes 

 rather a critical undertaking. But a fast for a few 

 days by one who can rather easily endure it, 

 broken by a gradual resumption of the usual habit, 

 is a useful rest for the usually overworked organs, 

 and proves the wisdom of the Lenten system that 

 belongs to many religions. 



