Counsels on Health - Ellen G. White

allow the physical powers to remain inactive. The
brain is overworked, and the muscles become weak
because they are not exercised. When these
students graduate it is evident that they have
obtained their education at the expense of life.
They have studied day and night, year after year,
keeping their minds continually upon the stretch,
while they have failed to sufficiently exercise their
muscles. They sacrifice all for a knowledge of the
sciences, and pass to their graves.
Young ladies frequently give themselves up to
study, to the neglect of other branches of education
even more essential for practical life than the study
of books. And after having obtained their
education, they are often invalids for life. They
neglected their health by remaining too much
indoors, deprived of the pure air of heaven and of
the God-given sunlight. These young ladies might
have come from their schools in health had they
combined with their studies household labor and
exercise in the open air.
Health is a great treasure. It is the richest
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