Sleep, or, The hygiene of the night / by W.W. Hall.

  • William Whitty Hall
Date:
1870
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sleep, or, The hygiene of the night / by W.W. Hall. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    a wreck, the mind in ruins.” Thus does the reader return to the proposition with which the subject opened—that crowding degrades indi- vidually, as in communities, weakens the body, impairs the mind, and corrupts the heart; that roominess, with pure air and the blessed sun- light, elevates, energizes, and refines; and these having been demonstrated, the book may very appropriately bere close, by merely adding that only the few will practically apply the sugges- tions of these pages. But there must be a be- ginning in all things. The time may come when higher principles will prevail; when there will be more moral courage, more force of character, more strength of will; when to a greater extent than has ever yet been seen in the world’s history, the masses will act with a motive founded in wisdom, purity, and benevo- lence in the conduct of life ; when humane and generous and loving self-denials will be the rule, and selfishness and indulgence the rare, the very rare exceptions. May the good day coming speed on right quickly 1
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