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and the slight indisposition which may occa- 

 sionally result from atmospheric changes, almost 

 invariahly disappears within twenty-four hours. 

 If ever I relinquish smoking, it will he to avoid 

 the expense ; I believe that it has been beneficial 

 to my constitution in general, by mhiistering to 

 the feeling of contentment and submissiveness 

 in the raging battle of life, the ideal being inti- 

 mately allied with the physique — 



*' alteriiis sic 

 Altera poscit opem res, et conjurat amice." 



Physically it seems to act also by way of 

 stimulant ; but there is no reaction in my case : 

 I am never depressed in body or mind, and there- 

 fore I cannot answer for the soothing effects 

 ascribed to smoking. I was always of a bilious- 

 nervous and sanguine temperament, and am so 

 still. What my nervous irritability was before 

 I smoked I can well remember, and I confidently 

 state that it is now the same. 



I have been engaged in law studies for twelve, 

 fifteen, and sometimes eighteen hours a-day, 

 during a continuous period of six months — and 

 this not two years ago — smoking incessantly. 



