From IIM Ahmedabad To Happiness

Author(s): Vijay K Jain
Publisher: Vikalp Printers

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and no longer retain the contents of the body.
And:
Darwin, The Expression of Emotions in Man and Animals
FEAR KILLS; GRIEF TAKES LIFE
Fear and cold alike cause contraction of the superficial bloodvessels, and, in man, excite the contraction of the minute rudimentary muscles inserted at the roots of the hairs. 'Goose-skin' is caused by the contraction of these muscles, the condition being a functional rudiment, no longer serving to warm the skin nor to make the body appear larger... Fear, which is occasionally able to excite the contraction of the involuntary muscles, also stimulates other muscles against the will. Under the influence of emotions that powerfully affect the nervous system, and particularly under that of fear, contractions of the bladder and the intestines may be so violent that it is impossible to prevent the voiding their contents. Accidents of this kind are not infrequent in the case of youthful candidates at examinations.
Metchnikoff, The Prolongation of Life
No need to quote further authorities on this simple matter; simple, because we can easily observe the effect of the emotion of fear on ourselves or on others. The victim intoxicates himself with fear; he eats badly and digests even worse. Suffice it to say that the culmination is reached when individual will is completely paralyzed and the organism left at the mercy of its natural enemies, which soon bring about its dissolution.
Doing a wrong and then putting at your disposal all the powerful means of protection cannot possibly take you far. Fear still grips you, in and out. The two most dreaded bandits Veerappan and Nirbhay Gurjar of our time, both sporting moustache long enough to put an errant child to sleep out of dread, had to live, notwithstanding their deadly paraphernalia, in thick forests, out of the reach of the police force. Both ultimately got
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