Counsels to Parents, Teachers, and Students - Ellen G. White

Those who indulge the habit of racing through
an exciting story are simply crippling their mental
strength and disqualifying their minds for vigorous
thought and research. Some youth, and even some
of mature age, have been afflicted with paralysis
from no other cause than excess in reading. The
nerve power of the brain was kept constantly
excited, until the delicate machinery became worn
and refused to act. Some of its fine mechanism
gave way, and paralysis was the result.
There are men and women now in the decline
of life who have never recovered from the effects
of intemperance in reading. The habit formed in
early years grew with their growth and
strengthened with their strength. Their determined
efforts to overcome the sin of abusing the intellect
were partially successful, but they have never
recovered the full vigor of mind that God bestowed
upon them.
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