Excerpt from Life, and Its Forces: Health and Disease Correctly Defined; A Reliable Guide to Health Without the Use of Mineral or Vegetable Poisons, or Irritants; The Conclusions From Forty Years' Practice of MedicineThe highest degree of healthy sensitiveness of the nervous system is a necessary condition to receive the highest inspiration from divine wisdom, which is so indispensably necessary for the elevation of the human race from ignorance and its consequences.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.