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ferent. You drop asleep as soon as you go to bed ; your worries 

 seem to be gone ; you can meet that debt, you can build that new 

 wing of the factory, you can increase your sales. The man who 

 seemed three months ago to be your greatest enemy is relatively 

 harmless. Of course he did not do the fair thing, but after all 

 he can't hurt you, and anyhow the poor chap deserves pity with 

 a sick, nervous wife like that. So you go about your business 

 hopefully, although the actual facts are no better and no worse 

 than they were when you were so depressed. 



I know that there are many men who say that they decide on 

 their business policy from motives of judgment and not because 

 of their feelings. But do they.'' One of the directors of a large 

 corporation broaches a new scheme. Does not its reception by 

 the others depend largely upon whether the president or some 

 other particularly influential director happens to favor or oppose 

 it.? And does not that man's judgment vary according to 

 whether he has been overworking or is thoroughly rested by a 

 week-end yachting trip.'* He may not see that his judgment 

 depends on his physical condition, but other people can see it 

 plainly enough. 



In claiming that health is of such importance I would not be 

 misunderstood as minimizing the well-established conclusions of 

 business men and economists. Human activities are like the 

 various parts of an engine. Because we happen to be talking 

 about safety valves, we do not thereby minimize the importance 

 of levers and boilers. Each is essential. The piston rod cannot 

 say to the wheels, "I have no need of you." Nor can the bell 

 make the axles unnecessary. All human activities are run by 

 human energy. The cause of that energy is as unknown as is the 

 cause of life. Health is merely an expression of it. Or rather, 

 health, as it were, turns on the steam. Then each part functions 

 according to laws that are well understood. If the steam is 

 turned on too fully, as it is when people feel that sense of elation 

 and recklessness which we all know, the train dashes forward too 



