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24 He is one of the "duty" eaters. He eats because it is meal time, and because he must keep up his strength, and, apparently, is ignorant of the fact that he is not only actually draining his strength, by this crime against his stomach, but is rapidly wearing out the entire internal organism. The digestive organs of such a person are continually over-taxed. They may adapt themselves to the abnormal habits forced upon them, and make no special sign that they are suffering from this abuse, but the time will come when the penalty for this infraction of Nature's plain law will be paid in full. Nature's laws cannot be broken with impunity. The penalty of violated human laws is often hinged upon the fact of the transgressor being found out, but there is not even this chance of escaping the just punishment demanded from transgressors of the laws of Nature. Nature demands that you must enjoy your food to the very fullest extent. The pleasure of eating should be so great that it blots out