THE BIOLOGY OF DAILY LIFE. 133 



CHAPTEE IX. 



THE IMPORTANCE OF USING NO INTRACTABLE MATERIALS 

 FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE HUMAN BODY. 



WE all acknowledge the horrible evils which follow 

 the use of fusel oil, or the maddening ingredient of 

 new ardent spirits. Can we find a tincture that is not 

 itself tinctured with fusel oil ? Not one. As prepared 

 according to the pharmacopoeia with rectified spirits 

 diluted down to proof. 



But our observation is not limited to the case of 

 tinctures, nor is fusel oil our only enemy. Nothing of 

 the drug-nature, nothing that stays as a secret enemy, 

 or even lingers as a tiresome guest, has any business 

 ever to enter our bodies. 



Ancient Philosophy and modern science agree 

 exactly on this one point viz., that our bodies are, by 

 natural law, in a state of flux. Like that of a mountain- 

 torrent, our very existence, so far as regards our bodily 

 life, depends upon the ceaseless continuance of the 

 flow ; when the stream fails our places know us no 

 more. 



Mother Nature is always an Alma Mater to those 

 who keep her statutes and observe her laws, and even 

 to the transgressors, though their way is indeed hard, 

 her way is always to be doing the very best, most kind, 

 wise, and healing thing she can, from moment to 

 moment. 



Do not force her to build your House of Life with 



