A Solemn Appeal - James White

Now to add the most powerful drain of all to their
already sparse supply, must sooner or later,
according to their vigor of constitution, render
them bankrupts of life.
"It will not kill you outright. It will first weaken
the garrison of life, and thus open the door for
disease to come in and attack the weakest part, and
complete the work of death in the name of other
diseases. As bees, by swarming too freely, leave
portions of their hive unprotected, and thus allow
the deposit of those destructive worms which a full
supply of bees would have prevented, so this
indulgence drains the system of vitality, and of
course leaves the weaker organs especially
debilitated, till disease, thus invited, sets in,
destroys the feebler organs, and ends in death;
attributed, however, to consumption, dyspepsia,
gravel, nervous, heart, and other affections,
according as this or that organ is naturally most
feeble, but rarely to its true cause. Ask any medical
man conversant with diseases having this origin,
and he will tell you that no other cause of disease
equals this, either as a number, or aggravation, or
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