The immortal mentor, or, Man's unerring guide to a healthy, wealthy & happy life : in three parts / by Lewis Cornaro, Dr. Franklin, and Dr. Scott.
- Date:
- 1815
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: The immortal mentor, or, Man's unerring guide to a healthy, wealthy & happy life : in three parts / by Lewis Cornaro, Dr. Franklin, and Dr. Scott. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by the National Library of Medicine (U.S.), through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the National Library of Medicine (U.S.)
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![But thou art not content with consuming the sub- stance, thou wouldest destroy the very families of those who are so mad as to obey thee. The tempe ] rate poor man who labours hard all day, can boast a numerous family of rosy cheeked children, while thy pampered slaves, sunk in ease and luxury, often lan- guish without an heir to their ample fortunes. But since thou art so pestilential a vice, as to poison and destroy the greatest part of mankind, I am determined to use my utmost endeavours to extirpate thte, at least in part. And I promise myself, that my dear grand-children will declare eternal war against thee, and following my example; will let the world see the blessedness, of a temperate life, and so expose thee, O cruel intemperance I for what thou really art, a most •wicked, desperate, and mortal enemy of the children ot men. It is really a very surprising and sad thing to see per- sons grown to men's estate, and of fine wit, yet unable to govern their appetites, but tamely submitting to be dragged by them into such excesses of eating and drinking, as not only to ruin the best constitutions, and shorten their lives, but eclipse the lustre of the bright- est parts, and bury themselves in utter contempt and uselessness. O what promising hopes have been ship- wrecked, what immortal honours have been sacrificed at the shrine of low sensuality ; Happy, thrice happy; •those who have early been inured to habits of self-de- nial, and taught to consider the gratification of their ap- petites as the unfailing source of diseases and deaih.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21111224_0035.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
