4O2 Human Physiology. 



The law of life for every living thing is written in its organ- 

 isation. We study the body of man, and find its adaptations 

 and requirements as to food, clothing, shelter, exercise, cleanli- 

 ness, &c. its relations to the physical world. We have but to 

 study as carefully the mind or soul of man to understand the 

 wants of his mental, social, and spiritual nature. All the 

 faculties, sentiments, passions, or propensities of man, were 

 made for his use and enjoyment, and they are all good in their 

 orderly manifestation and gratification. 



But it is obvious to every observer that man alone, of all 

 creatures in the visible world, has fallen into disorder. He 

 stands widely apart from all creatures in the evident fact that 

 he was either created in disorder and demoralisation, or has 

 fallen out of that harmony with nature which seems the natural 

 or instinctive condition of all other creatures. 



The law of progress does not explain the phenomenon. If 

 there were such a general law, then all creatures should be 

 subject to it; but we find the whole animal creation living in 

 orderly relations with nature, simply following out their in- 

 stincts, and having all the enjoyment of life of which they are 

 capable. Man is in a very different condition. The misfor- 

 tunes, vices, immoralities, and crimes, which deform and scourge 

 human society, have no counterparts in the animal races. A 

 few animals have become diseased by being brought into un- 

 natural conditions by men. But in a state of nature all ani- 

 mals, as a rule, and almost without exception, enjoy health, and 

 the social condition for which they were designed, to which 

 they are adapted, and which gives them happiness. 



Man alone has yet to attain to his natural condition. If 

 individuals here and there have reached it, the race at large, 

 and the great masses of every country, are far from the realisa- 

 tion of the peace, contentment, and happiness of a life in 

 harmony with nature, and which answers the true end of our 

 earthly existence. And no individual can have more than a 



