180 THE RIGHT TO BE WELL BORN 



These insurance men know the most per- 

 tinent questions at issue. Their experts 

 can tell what kind of a life the applicant 

 lives and has lived. There is no reason 

 why people of today should not live to be 

 500 years of age, barring accidents, and re- 

 tain their vigor and potency, and be free 

 from mental and physical infirmities, weak 

 hearts, etc. With the unnatural lives we 

 live, these hereditary weaknesses become 

 more and more apparent. "Man shall live 

 by the sweat of his brow, ' ' but we live lives 

 of luxury and we violate all the laws of 

 nature and hygiene, and indulge in num- 

 berless excesses. In early history, man 

 lived to be 500 years and older ; by breeding 

 and care this again can be accomplished. 



If you have any doubt of this, go to Rus- 

 sia and Siberia. There I have daily seen 

 more old men over one hundred years of 

 age, than I have seen in all my life. Some 

 say it is because of their rough food and 

 the almost total abstinence from eating 

 meat. There may be something in this, but 

 I am satisfied the principal reason is that 

 they have inherited healthier lungs and 



