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"It is a mistake to suppose that the normal state of health is
represented by a straight horizontal line, Independently of the
well-known causes which raise or depress the standard of vitality,
there seems to be--I think I may venture to say there is--a
rhythmic undulation in the flow of the vital force. The 'dynamo'
which furnishes the working powers of consciousness and action has
its annual, its monthly, its diurnal waves, even its temporary
ripples, in the current it furnishes. There are greater and lesser
curves in the movement of every day's life,--a series of ascending
and descending movements, a periodicity depending on the very
nature of the force at work in the living organism."
There is also in our life a periodicity of the deeper self--a
curve of the soul's condition, which varies from time to time.
When the curve is downward in both the physical and the spiritual
case, drugs are of no more value than stones. When the curve is
upward in both cases, drugs may be totally gratuitous, and they
may actually retard the combined movements.
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