HEALTH,
HAPPINESS,
and LONGEVITY.
Health without Medicine, Happiness
without Money,
THE RESULT,
LONGEVITY.
BY
L. P. McCARTY,
Author of the Annual Statistician and Economist,
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
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HEALTHHAPPINESS ANDLONGEVITY.
Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1890, by
L. P. McCARTY,
In the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington, D. C.
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PREFACE.
... "to know
That which before us lies in daily life
Is the prime wisdom. What is more is fume,
Or emptiness, or fond impertinence,
And renders us, in things that most concern,
Unpractic'd, unprepar'd, and still to seek."
—Milton's Adam to Angel.
Experience is honored.
This book is the result of experience.
Man is interested in what pertains to health.
We are positive that the ideas herein set forth are healthful.
Our profession is not that of a doctor of chemical medicines.
We have no hobby to ride or patent panacea to advertise, butdesire to express, in plain, forcible, truthful language, the methodsby which mankind can practically achieve health, happinessand longevity. These go together. Why should they not? Related,dependent upon each other, the great objects of humanlife, the culmination of all physical and worldly pleasure arecontained in them.
Whether you are the perfect embodiment of a business manor the ideal disciple of a certain profession, you cannot possiblyreach the highest or even most lucrative grades of your callingwithout health, happiness, and their logical consequence, longevity.They will prove trusty lieutenants. Without them thebattle of life will draw to a close in retreat and end in defeat.
To assert that the average man can enjoy health withoutmedicine, happiness without even money, and longevity too, isa broad and sweeping declaration. In fact, we expect to haveopposition from those who