200 LETTERS TO BROTHER JOHN. 



his life ; which, in most instances, he may regulate 

 at all events, modify as he pleases. 



Now let us inquire, as to what is the actual state 

 of parts the actual condition of the solids and 

 fluids of the body in these distressing circum- 

 stances of the health. I believe it to consist in 

 sanguineous congestion in the ultimate tissue of all 

 the organs concerned in the nutrition of the body. 



Every thing tends to prove that man was des- 

 tined to lead a life of bodily action. His formation 

 his physical structure generally, and that of his 

 joints particularly his great capacity of speed and 

 laborious exertion the divine injunction that he 

 " shall live by the sweat " (not, mark you ! of his 

 brain,) but "of his brow" the circumstances under 

 which he first appears upon the earth the bodily 

 imbecility and enfeebled health invariably conse- 

 quent upon a sedentary life all go to prove that 

 he was destined to lead a life of physical activity. 

 But the circulation of the blood, by which all the 

 actions concerned in nutrition are effected, is car- 

 ried on with an increased rapidity under bodily 

 exertion. If, therefore, a state of physical activity 

 be natural and proper to man, so must that rapid 

 condition of the blood's circulation be natural and 

 proper also; because the one is a natural conse- 



