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 the rules in all their bearings–some but partially; and not a solitary case has occurred, where an undeviating course has been pursued, but the subject, if not "made perfectly whole," has been greatly benefited. Those who have not, were those who stayed but a short time, or who commenced with prejudices, and continued eating promiscuously all upon the table, neglected the skin, suitable exercise, or eating occasionally high-scasoned food at other tables. Not a shadow of cholera has ever appeared; and the prevailing influenza, which has taken the lives of many, whenever it has made a call upon us, has vanished by a little abstinence and proper exercise.

Are these things carried too far? If so, facts speak nothing. If any improvement be made, it must be by concision, and not indulgence. The difficulty in a boarding-house must be obvious to all who read Mr. Graham's rules. The varieties allowed in his system, when taken separately, may all be good—but when one chooses one thing, and his neighbor the other, and so on, a variety must be upon the table, which should not be taken at the same meal; and those who are governed more by appetite than principle, partake of the whole, injure themselves, and say just what might be expected from persons governed by such principles.