INTEMPERANCE AND POISONS 



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Our appetite sometimes leads us to drink very hot or 

 very cold water or tea. Although we cannot feel either 

 in the stomach, yet both disturb digestion. 



One form of intemperance. 



67. Intemperance. Man is almost the only living being 

 that eats all kinds of food for the mere pleasure of eating. 

 Animals follow their natural appetites, and their stomachs 

 are healthy. Man eats to satisfy new appetites, and harms 

 his stomach so that it cannot digest even plain food. We 

 should be far better off if we never touched sweetmeats, 

 pie, and cake, but lived only upon bread and meat and 

 other plain foods. 



Satisfying an appetite which does not indicate a need of 



