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To The Editor.
had travelled many miles for the purpose , and especially as the Chairman gave him the opportunity for so doing ? And wh y did he not state the fact that a handsome vote of thanks was proposed to me , and that that vote was seconded by a Freemason , residing in Colchester , of the first respectability ? . The truth is , Sir , that this well knoivn individual , ivith the assistance of the Reviewerby their unblushing and malignant falsehoodshave
, , done the secret loving Craft infinitely more injury than I was capable of doing . I brought the subject forward fairl y for discussion ; the manner in which I have been answered , proves to demonstration , that the subject will not bear the li ght of truth , but says , unto , " darkness be thou my covering . " I am , Sir , yours , & c ., Ipswich , May 18 , 1835 . S . PIPER . [ We readily insert Mr . Piper ' s letter . His discourtesy or displacency
are equall y immaterial , and ive think that he might have been satisfied with the general effect of his harangue . That our Reporter was too indulgent in his remarks , is sufficientl y knoivn ; and it may be true that a vote of thanks was passed—all we can declare is , that such information never reached us until Mr . Piper has heralded this important compliment to his veracity . Our Reporter left the room on the conclusion ofthe admirable address of the young man who so effectually abashed even the lecturer himself , by one of those effusions of natural eloquence , which give to truth a charm at which " deceivers" tremble—and further this deponent knoweth not . —ED . 1
ORGANIC AND ANIMAL LIFE COMPARED . —The functions of the organic life are performed ivith uninterrup ted continuity ; to those of the animal life rest is indispensable . The action of the heart is unceasing ; it takes not and needs not rest . On it goes for the space of eighty or ninety years , at the rate of one hundred thousand strokes every twenty-four hours , having at every stroke a great resistance to overcome , yet continues this action for this length of time without intermission
. Alike incessant is the action of the lung , which is always receiving and always emitting air ; and the action of the skin , which is always transpiring and always absorbing ; and the action of the alimentary canal , which is always compensating the loss which the system is always sustaining . But of this continuity of action the organs and functions of the animal life are incapable . No voluntary muscle can maintain its action beyond a given time ; no effort of the will can keep it in a state of uninterrupted contraction ; relaxation must alternate with contraction ; and even this alternate action cannot go on long
without rest . No organ of sense can continue to receive impression after impression without fatigue . By protracted exertion the ear loses its sensibility to sound , the eye to light , the tongue to savour , and the touch to the qualities cf bodies about which it is conversant . The brain cannot carry on its intellectual operations with vigour beyond a certain period ; the trains of ideas with which it ivorks become , after a tuneindistinct and confused ; nor is it capable of re-eacting with
, energy until it has remained in a state of rest proportioned to the duration of its preceding activity . And this rest is sleep . Sleep is the repose of the senses , the rest of the muscles , their support and sustenance . What f ood is to the organic , sleep is to the animal life . Nutrition can no more go on without aliment , than sensation , thought , and motion , without sice ]) . —Dr . Soitthwood Smith .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
To The Editor.
had travelled many miles for the purpose , and especially as the Chairman gave him the opportunity for so doing ? And wh y did he not state the fact that a handsome vote of thanks was proposed to me , and that that vote was seconded by a Freemason , residing in Colchester , of the first respectability ? . The truth is , Sir , that this well knoivn individual , ivith the assistance of the Reviewerby their unblushing and malignant falsehoodshave
, , done the secret loving Craft infinitely more injury than I was capable of doing . I brought the subject forward fairl y for discussion ; the manner in which I have been answered , proves to demonstration , that the subject will not bear the li ght of truth , but says , unto , " darkness be thou my covering . " I am , Sir , yours , & c ., Ipswich , May 18 , 1835 . S . PIPER . [ We readily insert Mr . Piper ' s letter . His discourtesy or displacency
are equall y immaterial , and ive think that he might have been satisfied with the general effect of his harangue . That our Reporter was too indulgent in his remarks , is sufficientl y knoivn ; and it may be true that a vote of thanks was passed—all we can declare is , that such information never reached us until Mr . Piper has heralded this important compliment to his veracity . Our Reporter left the room on the conclusion ofthe admirable address of the young man who so effectually abashed even the lecturer himself , by one of those effusions of natural eloquence , which give to truth a charm at which " deceivers" tremble—and further this deponent knoweth not . —ED . 1
ORGANIC AND ANIMAL LIFE COMPARED . —The functions of the organic life are performed ivith uninterrup ted continuity ; to those of the animal life rest is indispensable . The action of the heart is unceasing ; it takes not and needs not rest . On it goes for the space of eighty or ninety years , at the rate of one hundred thousand strokes every twenty-four hours , having at every stroke a great resistance to overcome , yet continues this action for this length of time without intermission
. Alike incessant is the action of the lung , which is always receiving and always emitting air ; and the action of the skin , which is always transpiring and always absorbing ; and the action of the alimentary canal , which is always compensating the loss which the system is always sustaining . But of this continuity of action the organs and functions of the animal life are incapable . No voluntary muscle can maintain its action beyond a given time ; no effort of the will can keep it in a state of uninterrupted contraction ; relaxation must alternate with contraction ; and even this alternate action cannot go on long
without rest . No organ of sense can continue to receive impression after impression without fatigue . By protracted exertion the ear loses its sensibility to sound , the eye to light , the tongue to savour , and the touch to the qualities cf bodies about which it is conversant . The brain cannot carry on its intellectual operations with vigour beyond a certain period ; the trains of ideas with which it ivorks become , after a tuneindistinct and confused ; nor is it capable of re-eacting with
, energy until it has remained in a state of rest proportioned to the duration of its preceding activity . And this rest is sleep . Sleep is the repose of the senses , the rest of the muscles , their support and sustenance . What f ood is to the organic , sleep is to the animal life . Nutrition can no more go on without aliment , than sensation , thought , and motion , without sice ]) . —Dr . Soitthwood Smith .