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Article REMARKS ON THE DURATION OF LIFE IN MEN AND ANIMALS. ← Page 3 of 3 Article ANECDOTE OF JAMES THE FIRST. Page 1 of 2 →
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Remarks On The Duration Of Life In Men And Animals.
have the longest duration . But what should contribute still more to the long duration of their life is , ' that their bones are of a softer substance than those of other animals , and that they do not harden , nor sdmit of hardly any change with age . The bones of fishes grow in length arid thickness , but without assuming a greater degree of solidity , at least sensibility ; whereas the bones of other animals , as well as all the other solid parts of their bodiesassume constantly more hardness
, and solidity ; and at length , when they are absolutely filled and stopped up , motion ceases , and death ensues . In fish bones , on the contrary , this augmentation of solidity , this repletion , this obstruction , the cause of natural death , is not to be found , or at least is carried on by degrees much slower and more insensibly , and it is perhaps very long before fishes arrive at old age .
Death is therefore of an indispensable necessity , according to the laws of bodies that are known to us , though the different proportion ofthe force of the heart to the solid parts , the digestion of aliments , the character ofthe blood , the heat of the external air , may more or less amove the term . In consequence of these laws , the smaller vessels ought to be compressed by the larger , the gluten ought to thicken . insensibly , the aqueous parts to evaporateand consequently the
, filaments of the cellular texture to make nearer and nearer approaches . As to the restj a quietregimen of life , undisturbed by passions ofthe mind and violent motions of the body , vegetable food , temperance , and external coolness , may hinder the solids from becoming so soon stiff ,, and suspend the dryness and acrimony ofthe blood .
Anecdote Of James The First.
ANECDOTE OF JAMES THE FIRST .
THERE was one Ferguson , an intimate of James the First ' s , who being about the same age , had been a play-fellow with him when they were young , came with him into England , and , extending the rig hts of friendship too far , frequentl y took the liberty of advising , and sometimes admonishing , orratherreprovinghis sovereign . He was a man truly honest ; his counsels were disinterested with a view for himselfhaving a decent patrimony of his own . ' The
Kino-, was however often vexed by his freedoms , and at length said to him Thetween jest and earnest , " You are perpetuall y censuring my conduct ; I'll make you a King some time or other , and try . " Accordingly one day , the court being very jovial , it came into his Majesty ' s Iiead to execute this project ; and so , calling Ferguson , he ordered him into the Chair of Statebidding him " there play the King "
, , while for his part " he would personate Johnny Ferguson . " This jarce was in the beginning very agreeable to the whole comp any . The mock sovereign put on the airs of royalty , and talked to those about him in a strain like that ofthe real one , only with less
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Remarks On The Duration Of Life In Men And Animals.
have the longest duration . But what should contribute still more to the long duration of their life is , ' that their bones are of a softer substance than those of other animals , and that they do not harden , nor sdmit of hardly any change with age . The bones of fishes grow in length arid thickness , but without assuming a greater degree of solidity , at least sensibility ; whereas the bones of other animals , as well as all the other solid parts of their bodiesassume constantly more hardness
, and solidity ; and at length , when they are absolutely filled and stopped up , motion ceases , and death ensues . In fish bones , on the contrary , this augmentation of solidity , this repletion , this obstruction , the cause of natural death , is not to be found , or at least is carried on by degrees much slower and more insensibly , and it is perhaps very long before fishes arrive at old age .
Death is therefore of an indispensable necessity , according to the laws of bodies that are known to us , though the different proportion ofthe force of the heart to the solid parts , the digestion of aliments , the character ofthe blood , the heat of the external air , may more or less amove the term . In consequence of these laws , the smaller vessels ought to be compressed by the larger , the gluten ought to thicken . insensibly , the aqueous parts to evaporateand consequently the
, filaments of the cellular texture to make nearer and nearer approaches . As to the restj a quietregimen of life , undisturbed by passions ofthe mind and violent motions of the body , vegetable food , temperance , and external coolness , may hinder the solids from becoming so soon stiff ,, and suspend the dryness and acrimony ofthe blood .
Anecdote Of James The First.
ANECDOTE OF JAMES THE FIRST .
THERE was one Ferguson , an intimate of James the First ' s , who being about the same age , had been a play-fellow with him when they were young , came with him into England , and , extending the rig hts of friendship too far , frequentl y took the liberty of advising , and sometimes admonishing , orratherreprovinghis sovereign . He was a man truly honest ; his counsels were disinterested with a view for himselfhaving a decent patrimony of his own . ' The
Kino-, was however often vexed by his freedoms , and at length said to him Thetween jest and earnest , " You are perpetuall y censuring my conduct ; I'll make you a King some time or other , and try . " Accordingly one day , the court being very jovial , it came into his Majesty ' s Iiead to execute this project ; and so , calling Ferguson , he ordered him into the Chair of Statebidding him " there play the King "
, , while for his part " he would personate Johnny Ferguson . " This jarce was in the beginning very agreeable to the whole comp any . The mock sovereign put on the airs of royalty , and talked to those about him in a strain like that ofthe real one , only with less