In the tone of
such health courage is inevitable.
That you may come to this ideal, you are invited to observe the
following instructions. Health is a trinity, and we may begin our
studies with its natural basis:
THE GENERAL TONE OP HEALTH.
The word "tone" means, "sound in relation to volume, quality,
duration and pitch," then, "peculiar characteristic sound as of a
voice or instrument," then, "characteristic style or tendency,
predominating aim or character, tenor, strain, spirit."
Hence, in the sense of health, tone signifies "the state of
tension or firmness proper to the tissues of the body; the state
in which all the parts and organs have due tension or are well
strung; the strength and activity of the organs on which healthy
functions depend; that state of the body in which all the normal
functions are performed with healthy vigor."
We thus see that health-tone involves the whole personality,
physical, mental and moral.
But the truth of the matter hides in a deeper region than that of
mere material flesh or organ.
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