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 29. Violations of divine law prevent this expansion and the natural effect of the law cannot be realized.

30. Observance of the divine law in relation to food produces that condition of confidence, hope and tranquility which is the essence of optimism.

31. The effect of pure food is to induce a condition of health that tranquilizes the nerves.

32. A healthy condition of the nerves promotes equanimity of temper and disposition, a condition most favorable to the acquisition of knowledge as observed by Dr. Benjamin Franklin when subsisting on biscuits and raisins during his apprenticeship. (See Franklin's Autobiography.)

33. The careful observation of the effect of various kinds of food on the health and consequent condition of the nerves and the use of such as produce the best effect for daily nourishment, in a few years produce a most beneficial effect on the health, physically, mentally and spiritually.

34. This habit of observation and the prompt adoption of the material food that is proved by experience to be best, gradually and naturally leads to a similar habit in regard to our mental and spiritual pabulum. Hence the one prepares for the other and induces that healthy condition of the whole man that makes the bread of life (John 6:35) the most delightful food.