THE ART OF ATTAINING HIGH HEALTH
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.]
Silt, -I read with extreme delight the articleon "Time Art of Utairu„s--- High Health," by" C. A. E.," in which he describes he uses of fasting. Surely fasting goes a long way to keep a tan physically fit and prolong his life. This is why in all tious systems its observance is laid down as a sacred duty, lough its modes and motives vary considerably according to mate, race, civilization and other circumstances. The golden rule prescribed by "C. A. E.," "content the arnach and the stomach will content you,” if scrupulously 'fled upon, is sure to improve the physical health and increase IC longevity of a person; but the aim and object of fasting nobler and sublimer than merely to keep the body in a sound "khan. • It is moral and spiritual as well.
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high i purpose is not possible of achievement unless ." Is done in a -few inore developed religions) some definite days in the year are fixed in which those who fist should totally abstain from every kind of food and drink for a certain period. This kind of fasting not only makes those who fast energetic, active and hardy, but awakens them to the sufferings of the poorer members of their communities who N-cry often have to go without food for long periods. Moreover, when a man becomes accustomed to a course of conduct, it becomes very difficult for him to renounce it ; but a man who is able to give up a habit or a course at his will can never become a slave to it. When he gives up a habit, say, of drinking for a specified period (a month as is prescribed in Islam) and learns to exercise self-control and self-restraint, he can easily overcome the temptation of drinking when, after the fasting days are over, he feels an attraction towards it; ---I am, Sir, &c.,
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