LETTERS TO BROTHER JOHN. 291 



appetite. The effects of sedentary thoughtfulnes s 

 are, diseases that embitter and shorten life inter- 

 rupted rest tasteless meals perpetual languor 

 and ceaseless anxiety." 



"Temperance," says Burton, "is a bridle of 

 gold : and he who can use it aright, is liker a god 

 than a man." 



But I beg your pardon I must make another 

 short quotation, which has this moment occurred to 

 me ; one which, though exceedingly short, embo- 

 dies in itself the truth and wisdom of a hundred 

 volumes : it is the following brief aphorism of the 

 late Mr. Abernethy ; with which I shall conclude : 

 " If you would be well, live upon sixpence a-day, 

 and earn it" 



I am, my dear John, 



Yours very truly, 



E. JOHNSON. 



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