THE CALL OF THE LAND 



Emerson, in "Society and Solitude," tells 

 the same story of Carlini. 



A joke-wright may certainly die of the 

 blues, but his blood will be the seed of the 

 church. Our conviction is that if perfect 

 physical health universally prevailed, 

 nearly all men and women would come so 

 near being angels that building lots in the 

 promised land would be in danger of slump- 

 ing in value. Who would not be glad to 

 initiate such a "bear" movement? Not to 

 mention the delight of living in a society 

 where none ever pouted, or whined, or 

 scolded, or made wry faces, or vociferated, 

 or swore, consider the delightful ease with 

 which business would go on then, and the 

 greater amounts of it which we could turn 

 off in a given length of time. As a promoter 

 of the world's work model health would 

 rank with inventions like the steam engine, 

 the telegraph and the telephone. 



Health, of course, tends to long life, and 

 this is certainly a consideration of great 

 moment. There are, we know, many to 

 whom length of days does not seem impor- 



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