Mental and Physical Ease and Supremacy: Being a Practical Adaptation of Leavitt-Science to Individual Use

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Rogers and Hall Company, 1914 - 389 páginas
 

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Página 328 - The death of a dear friend, wife, brother, lover, which seemed nothing but privation, somewhat later assumes the aspect of a guide or genius ; for it commonly operates revolutions in our way of life, terminates an epoch of infancy or of youth which was waiting to be closed, breaks up a wonted occupation, or a household, or style of living, and allows the formation of new ones more friendly to the growth of character.
Página 240 - ... we feel sorry because we cry, angry because we strike, afraid because we tremble, and not that we cry, strike, or tremble because we are sorry, angry, or fearful, as the case may be.
Página 327 - And yet the compensations of calamity are made apparent to the understanding also, after long intervals of time. A fever, a mutilation, a cruel disappointment, a loss of wealth, a loss of friends, seems at the moment unpaid loss, and unpayable. But the sure years reveal the deep remedial force that underlies all facts.
Página 102 - Upon the walls of our most private apartments, where we think the eye of intrusion is altogether shut out, and our retirement can never be profaned, there exist the vestiges of all our acts, silhouettes of whatever we have done.
Página 320 - Whoso would be a man, must be a nonconformist. He who would gather immortal palms must not be hindered by the name of goodness, but must explore if it be goodness.
Página 139 - The secret of mental alchemy may be stated as consisting first, last and always, of the art of mental imaging, reinforced by the will.
Página 232 - Everything rises and falls in rhythm, within the limits of its nature. Everything advances and retreats in rhythm, within the limits of its power.
Página 231 - Fish, boiled 1J^ to 2J^ hours Oysters, raw 2 hours Lamb 2J^ hours Mutton, roasted 3 to 3J^ hours Milk 2 hours Ham, boiled 2 to 3 hours Pork, roasted 5 hours Poultry, boiled or roasted 2J^ to 4 hours Goose, roasted 4 to 5 hours Tripe 1 hour Veal, as prepared in the British Isles...
Página 16 - ... this reason I will point out an error that was formerly very common, though it does not occur so frequently nowadays. It should never be drummed into a patient that he is not ill because he has no organic lesion and that his malady is consequently imaginary. Folks frequently make such remarks; but a psychologically trained doctor should scrupulously avoid anything of the kind at all times. He should know that the expression " imaginary pain " is false. Such " imaginary pains " have been excellently...
Página 231 - Potatoes 2J^ to 3H hours Turnips 3^ to 4 hours Rice ) ( 1 to 2 hours Sago / if completely cooked ... \ 1 to 2 hours Tapioca ) ( 1 to 2 hours Wheaten bread 3 to 4 hours An ordinary meal is usually completely digested in 4 to 5 hours. Letter XXIV ACTION AND REACTION One of the best recognized laws of life action...

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