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Immediately afterwards you sit down to write at your desk, or converse with persons who apply to you on business. Thus the time passes till one, without any kind of bodily exercise. IMMEDIATELY AFTERWARDS YOU SIT DOWN TO WRITE AT YOUR DESK OR CONVERSE WITH PERSONS WHO APPLY TO YOU ON BUSINESS THUS THE TIME PASSES TILL ONE WITHOUT ANY KIND OF BODILY EXERCISE
rianism and air-baths. In late years he suffered from gout in his foot, and wrote in Paris a humorous dialogue from which we get a very good idea of the old gentleman’s habits and tastes. On his appeal to Gout to spare him, his persecutor exclaims: “Not a jot; your rhetoric and your politeness are thrown away; your apology avails nothing. If your situation in life is a sedentary one, your amusements, your recreations, at least, should be active. You ought to walk or ride; or, if the weather prevents that, play at billiards. But let us examine your course of life. While the mornings are long and you have leisure to go abroad, what do you do? Why, instead of gaining an appetite for breakfast by salutary exercise, you amuse yourself with books, pamphlets, or newspapers, which commonly are not worth the reading. Yet you eat an inordinate breakfast, four dishes of tea with cream, and one or two buttered toasts, with slices of hung beef, which I fancy are not things the most easily digested.  AND HE WAS A BELIEVER IN VEGETARIANISM AND AIR BATHS IN LATE YEARS HE SUFFERED FROM GOUT IN HIS FOOT AND WROTE IN PARIS A HUMOROUS DIALOGUE FROM WHICH WE GET A VERY GOOD IDEA OF THE OLD GENTLEMAN'S HABITS AND TASTES ON HIS APPEAL TO GOUT TO SPARE HIM HIS PERSECUTOR EXCLAIMS NOT A JOT YOUR RHETORIC AND YOUR POLITENESS ARE THROWN AWAY YOUR APOLOGY AVAILS NOTHING IF YOUR SITUATION IN LIFE IS A SEDENTARY ONE YOUR AMUSEMENTS YOUR RECREATIONS AT LEAST SHOULD BE ACTIVE YOU OUGHT TO WALK OR RIDE OR IF THE WEATHER PREVENTS THAT PLAY AT BILLIARDS BUT LET US EXAMINE YOUR COURSE OF LIFE WHILE THE MORNINGS ARE LONG AND YOU HAVE LEISURE TO GO ABROAD WHAT DO YOU DO WHY INSTEAD OF GAINING AN APPETITE FOR BREAKFAST BY SALUTARY EXERCISE YOU AMUSE YOURSELF WITH BOOKS PAMPHLETS OR NEWSPAPERS WHICH COMMONLY ARE NOT WORTH THE READING YET YOU EAT AN INORDINATE BREAKFAST FOUR DISHES OF TEA WITH CREAM AND ONE OR TWO BUTTERED TOASTS WITH SLICES OF HUNG BEEF WHICH I FANCY ARE NOT THINGS THE MOST EASILY DIGESTED
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