The Great Men; and, a Practical Novelist
Format: Paperback
ISBN13: 9781151240484
Paperback|9781151240484
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1850 edition. Excerpt: ...is not the stronger, but the weaker for it. And when we drink alcohol, in any shape whatever, the arterial action is quickened by it. And here, by the way, I lay down one general rule, by means of which most persons may know when they have, and when they have not, passed the line of healthy excitement. I will not say that the rule admits of no exceptions, for like most general rules, it may admit a few. The rule is this. As that which strengthens does not increase the activity of the heart and arteries, but on the contrary causes them to beat more full and strong, so that which weakens or debilitates, does increase this activity, and should therefore be avoided. Or if there seem one glaring exception to this rule, staring us full in the face--I allude to the effects of exercise--the rule may be modified a little. Whatever so increases the activity and strength of the pulse, as to be followed by a debility which, when the system is restored to its balance is not fully removed, must be hurtful. Need I say here, that all alcoholic drinks--down to the weakest home-brewed beer, if it has fermented at all--are of this description l That tobacco is another; opium another; coffee another; tea another, &c? Every sensible young man who has used any of these, knows that they exhilarate him; yet he knows, too, that after having used them once, if he do not repeat his dose, he is ere long debilitated as the consequence of their use. There is one law which deserves to be better known to the young than it sometimes is. The smaller the amount of alcohol or stimulus which is taken into the system--provided it is enough to be at all appreciable--the greater the derangement, if not the debility which follows, in proportion to its quantity. Understand me, ...
| ISBN-13 | 9781151240484 |
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| ISBN-10 | 1151240486 |
| Weight | 0.48 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.33 In |
| List Price | $17.16 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 142 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-12-01 |
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