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Blumenbach, the distinguished physician and natural- ist, states that for the long period (exceeding half a * I write from memory, but these figures are believed to be correct, f Mental Hygiene, p. 149. % Body and Mind, pp. 61-2. Digiti zed by G00gk 112 THE RECIPROCAL INFLUENCES OF century) he was associated with the most celebrated European universities, he did not witness a solitary example of any youth falling a victim to his ardor in the pursuit of intellectual distinction ; and Eichhorn, o...ne of the most voluminous writers of the day, the eminent philologist and historian, is said boldly to affirm that no one ever died of hard study. The idea is preposterous. ' A man may fret himself to death over his books, or anywhere else ; but literary applica- tion would tend to diffuse cheerfulness, and rather pro- long than shorten the life of an infirm man.' " This is, certainly, putting the case strongly, and must be re- garded as an extreme statement of a sound principle. Dr. Caldwell, an American physician of some re- pute in the beginning of the present century, and author of an able treatise on " Physical Education," observes,* that "the influence of strong and well- cultivated moral and intellectual organs on the gen- eral health of the system is soothing and salutary ; and feeds and strengthens it, instead of ruffling and wearing it out.
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