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is a very great change in the state of bis pulse, although he has done nothing but read a few words on a piece of paper. If this is the effect of the mantal upon the physical state of the human being, what would be the effect upon th: animal of the knowledge that it was to be killed. Besides this, the animals which are etaten have only taken the elements which are in the vegetable and have assimilated them into their systems. We are in a sufficiently animal conditon without adding the animal nature to our own. The phisical impurities also and the injurious humors and ethers of an injurious na#ure are always present in animals which are especially raised for the purpose of food. The turkey is stuffed as it were with food, and is made to appear fat and plump. To try the same experiment with the human being would produce a state of body which you can all imagine. To keep our own body healthy we must take sufficient exercise; if we eat something which is not necessary for us we know that the result will be injurious, and that is the experience of all people in all countries of the world. In more ancient times the life was simpler, but now the discovery of all these different medicines for curing dyspepsia shows that people are suffering from this disease. In this country we know that there are so many kinds of pills and medicines used; we even have those in India now. These things show that not only in America but in all
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