The American Phrenological Journal And Miscellany

Author : O. S. Fowler
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780332629797
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (297 download)

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Download or read book The American Phrenological Journal and Miscellany, Vol. 10 (Classic Reprint) written by O. S. Fowler and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-11 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The American Phrenological Journal and Miscellany, Vol. 10 Man requires amusement as much as he requires food or breath; because the former is as imperiously demanded by a primitive faculty and law of his being as the latter. Nor can any thing be made to con tribute more to his intellectual and moral improvement, and especially to his social enjoyments, than. Such amusements as might be devised and executed. They could and should he made a most powerful instru mentality for binding all the members of every community inseparably together, in bonds of the most friendly affinity; and thus substitute the most cordial good feeling for those strifes and animosities which now mar and deprave all our communities. See how our thanksgivings bind together families and neighborhoods. Nor will any thing recruit the body and nerve the intellect for powerful exertions more effectually than the best forms of recreation can be made to do. Nor is any thing more promotive of all the vital functions - digestion, gii'cuimiod, respiration, perspiration, muscular action, etc.-than the hearty laugh and certainly nothing more effectually rouses all the dormant energies of our being. Nor do I believe any medicines could be employed which would as soon or as efi'ectually make the patient forget his pains, or invigorate the sys tem to expel maladies. And certainly nothing is more promotive of lon gevity. Nor are many things as injurious to health, talents, morals, .or long life, as long-faced Stoicism, or melancholy sobriety. Let na, then, have amusements - purified, laughter-moving, inspiring, and instructiw public uvszuznts - and of course times and seasons set apart for this purpose. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.