Nine Follies | AdventAI

International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Aug 20, 1885

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 11, No. 32.

Nine Follies.

1. To THINK that the more a man eats the fatter and stronger he will become.

2. To believe that the more hours children study at school the faster they will learn.

3. To imagine that every hour taken from sleep is an hour gained.

4. To act on the presumption that the smallest room in the house is large enough to sleep in.

5. To argue that whatever remedy causes one to feel immediately better, is "good for" the system, without regard to more ulterior effects.

6. To commit an act which is felt in itself to be prejudicial, hoping that somehow or other it may be done in your case with impunity.

7. To advise another to take a remedy which you have not tried, or without making special inquiry whether all the conditions are alike.

8. To eat without an appetite, or continue to eat after it has been satisfied, merely to gratify the taste.

9. To eat a hearty supper for the pleasure experienced during the brief time it is passing down the throat, at the expense of a whole night of disturbed sleep, and a weary waking in the morning.