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resources multiplied, and that many innocent gratifications will supersede their present debasing indulgences.

Much more might be said upon this subject, but I am reminded by the limits assigned to this essay, here to pause for the present, not without the hope of having satisfactorily proved the important value of sound religious principles, and diversified mental occupation, in inducing and preserving that serenity and cheerfulness of mind, without which it would be extremely difficult long to preserve the most perfect bodily frame in uninterrupted health. In a future essay, I propose taking a view of the influence of particular emotions and states of mind on the bodily functions, and inversely of the influence of the bodily functions upon the mind; and to conclude with the application of these laws to medical practice, as elucidated by particular diseases.