j^toailfk

(A

reveftied.)

0acr"t

PEi^ieBieiTY
Tl^e

law

absolute

tlTe entire

of

Universe

LAW

1.

The

2.

When

3.

When

4.
5.

How

6.

Whom

birth

liftfrom

oftrtrr

dtmth.

to

for success,
prepare

to

when
mod
for ikitmre,
rest for hcAhh,

to
toil and when
MYoid
to
overcome
or
other
Hie
afreets
every
whom
seek and
to

to

to

as

8.

Warnings

9.

In"uence

misfortune,
lives,
in

avoid

to

marriage

business,

and

Mendship
Counsel

7.

LIFE

ALL

periods discovered, /^howing

coune

How

AS

OF

the

and

MATTER

ALL

SBTKALSS

MOW

THE

CONTROL

TO

KNOWN

LONO

and

parents

to patients and
and
of mvon

children,

physicians,

planetson tides, weather,

Hie,
and
tegetntion, earthquakes
protect Hfe and

10,

Warnings that

11,

Plain

12,

days for success

Destiny of Nations
StHtes,
United

13,

Dangers

14,

Personal

15,

in the life of
DemoustrHtion
NAPOLEON
BONAPARTB.

ruLs

of
of

Aathor
umI

in

Jos.

System

New

the
parent
4,6 years

nati

your

property

years,
health
failure,

or

in

shown

the

months

own

and

sickness,

or

hiatorj of

the

eighteen years,
experience as examples,

of

Psjchometry,
etnd
Physiology

Ciaeinnatl,

"nd

to

of the next

Prof.

By

may

Rodes

M.

Buchanan,

Anthropology^,
Therapeutic

The

New
Bduemtimja, MmmProibMMor
of
SArcognomy,
of
Med
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t cine in the coUegCB
and
Boston
Dfan
of the Faculty

instructor
York
and
school
of American

Eclecticism

at

ago.

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St.

l-PERIODICITY.

Chap.
Origin

and

optnions-^ts
bcr

the

seven

test

b^

prevalent

in all affairs

division

in nature"

life and

in tbe

of

college colleague.
from

retirement

my

College

the
in

Cincinnati

at

the

system"
doctrine

Eclectic

1856,

nmn*

septimol

solar

by ph"sicians"septimal

Periodicity

of

After

number

of

study
my

ancient

revealed"
discovery now
practical application"

oftbe

nature

my

cal
Medition
atten-

byap apparent periodicity

in
of nature,
in the phenomena
and
of disease
the different influences
of week
days, months
and
affairs in the college.
and
years,
my
the sixth day of
Popular opinion fixed upon
of
tbe week,
some
Friday, as unlucky, and
sustain
that idea,
to
experiments seemed
my
attracted

was

which

expressed

was

Genesis, that

day

and

God

rested

therefore

Friday,

the

crucifixion

to

sixth

creative

fatigued

was
on

ordered

in the

be

day,

day
was

the

on

seventh,

the

legend

ot

sixth

which

was

of rest.
the

day

of

the

has
since
been
garded
reJesus, and
as
hang-man's day, and used for that
wide
The
spread opinion that Fripurpose.
have
not
day is an
inauspicious day, would
been so long maintained
without
dation
founsome
ot

in nature,
to

the

on

some

number

and

thirteen

experience.

the

same

mftst

impression
have

been

as

based

I need

gation

of myestimethods
my
led to the conreasoning which

not

narrate

and

clusionti that
have

confirmed

been

fullythat

so

doctrine

oflFer my

now

in

I
public,which
for thirty years,

concealed

subject it to decisive tests,

practicallyreliable.
decisive

make

To
been

accustomed

tell him

to

periods of
deadly

lives

more

was

law, I have

meeting a stranger
and

unfavorable

find him

are

astonished

from

interference
causes,
as

distress

not

think

or

than

schemes

two

or

out's

less

the failure of the

occurred

in

five per cent.

That
been
due to astrological

to

have

may

others

calamity

interferingcause)

some

than

in

fortunate

more

I do

; but

(by

failures

and

periods of

the

marked
rule

if it

to

plausible.

looked

Some
and

waiting

of his

calamities
that

fore
hereto-

troubles, the times of

sickness, financial
loss, disappointments,

the revelation

at

favorable
to

have

know

to

first

and
life,

offeringthe

of the

tests

upon

of the
his

observations

many

warranted

am

the

to

by

readers, which

the

bearing of one life on another,

be elevated
depressed
or
destiny may

to

by the influence of others ; besides my

incomplete until
understanding of the law was
in reviewing it I found
an
oversight.
found
law
which
in operation,
The
I have
intimate
and which
most
ing,
friends,in testmy
have bccosieconvinced
by experiencethat
6

it

IS

importance to

of great

law

is

easilystated.
tal operations proceed
measured
by the number
division

dividual

from

expect

to

It is this
in

seven.

"

be understood,
that

all vi-

varying course, \
This septimal I

fin^lH fllFlife of every

in- '

of.
age, in the progress
history of nations, societies,

youth

to

diseases, in the
enterprises,and everything that has progress
and decline" in short in all life,
for all lifehas^
its periods of birth growth decline and death.
I presume
laws
also,
have

inorganic nature
as

eleven

seen

in

sun

has

periodical

spots which

appear

according to
periodicities
the latest observations; and I know
not why
animals
have their periodiclaws
should
not
as well as
man
; (for they have definite periods
of gestation,of life and death) ; and
the
even
vegetable kingdom has its regular periods,for

to

the

solar

year

system

and

stellar worlds

have

gular
re-

control
all life by the
periods which
and
by electricity
magnetism, and
seasons,
there is nothing that escapes
these influences,
which

all

periodic.
The
regular periodicityof fever has been a
great puzzle to the medical
profession. The
ferred
great anatomist. Prof. Reil of Germany, reit to **some
general law of the Universe"
which
was
good philosophy and corresponds
with Kepler's ideas. Cullen, Bailly and Roche
made
some
imperfectattempts to explainit,
but M. Brachet, a French
physiologisttested
are

experimentallyvery

it

ing

to the

number

Sir Thomas

follows

"Towards

the

midnight,

the

second, half

and

of

in

considerable

heat

in due

and

took

cold

bath

till at
a

betook
time

he

in the river ;

hour

water

he

October

of

month

first occasion

the

an

short

the

hour;

bath

periment
ex-

nights in succession, in

On

an

D., describes his

Brachet

seven

stay in the

After each
bed

for

quarter of

able to

end

Saone.

river

M.

1822, M.

in the year
at

seven.

Watson,

as

adhef-

by
successfully

length

full hour

himself

became

at

to

mained
re-

the

on

he

was

time.

warm

affected

with

followed

by copious perspiration,
in the midst
of which
he fell asleep.
of the seven
At the end
days, M. Brachet
ceased
what
to repeat this experiment; but
the following
his surprise,at findingon
was
twelve
and one
o'clock, that
nights,between
of a true ague fit appeared
all the phenomena
order

succession

artificial paroxysm
he felt quitewell
as
determined

! As

not

was

during

very

the

this

severe,

day, M.
it ; but

interfere with

not

however

and

Brachet
to

serve
ob-

with
result, six times it renewed
great regularity. On the seventh night after
the

he had
towards
that

On
and

omitted

midnight
visit he

fever and

This

shows

baths

the

had

to

more

the natural
8

summoned

was

in

"woman

the

overcame
no

he

labor."

periodicchill

of it.
law

of

periodicre-

of

currcnce

an

strong and

repeated imprea*

tion at a specified
hour and da j and the alnl*
theserenth
itJ to terminate evil impressions
on
marked
the eighthand
on
day which is more
ered
ninth, so that the ninth day b often consid-

critical.
Dr. Watson

this

on

*'we

says,

subject"and

ferers their usual

occur,

in the

not

there

when

have

wonders
and

the

be

learn

to

in

why

ian
quotid-

natural

erening,but

should

mnch

paroxysms
in the morning,

least

tendency to

an

increase of febrile action.

septimal law of the

explains this by showing
is feebler in the morning
The

aflernoon.

It

bathing.

Many

in

town

the

shows

near

ago
years
Cleveland

periods of life

two

that

tiie vital force

and

stronger

in the

follyof early*
several

men

young

got into

cold

fad

of

bathing in the cold river (the Cuyahoga) on

robust
risingin the morning; which they were
their
months
on
enough to keep up for some
theory, beginning in the fall without properly
all injured in
observing its effects. They were
health and compelled to give it up.
Rain or sun
to the
bathing is much more
congenialespecially
old

or

the

very

or

young

constitutions

enjoy
of cold water,
especially if we
conditions by allowing the
warm

the

skin;

warm

may

should

water

bathing, as It weakens
The

best statement

the

But

feeble.

strong,

moderate

imitate
water

never

to

use

primitive
dry on

be used

in

system.
this subjectin my reach,

on

nervous

of my

is that
G.

Jones, who

the American

able

the
colleague,

his excellent

in

says,

Eclectic

late Prof. 1

practiceof

work

on

medicine:

will find in many

instances
a tendency
of the disease at set periods. The
return

'*You
to

laws

periodicityappear to extend beyond

the time governing the return
of each paroxysm,
and to produce a predisposition
to a relapse
at
seven
periods of about
days. So
the
that
be apprehended on
return
a
may
curred
same
day of the week on which the last ocit categorically,
there is a
; or to state
tendency to a return on the sf venth,fourteenth,
[ twentyfirst,etc. day, from the time of the last
chill. Physicians familiar
with
the disease
have
this
observed
tendency, and
many
have
their paadopted the plan of fortifying
tients
the
disease at those particular
against
times.
The
have
days mentioned
long been
considered
important days."
In typhoid fever which
comes
on
slowly and
from but
have no day to count
we
insidiously
Prof. Jones says the usual time of the premonitory
is about six days which is what
symptoms
indicate. In favorable cases
would
periodicity
in the second
the improvement appears
or
third week
beyond which the indications are
of

unfavorable.

writers

days,

It

is the

generally that
a

or

time

called

unfavorable

doctrine
fevers

of
have

medical

critical

able
crisis,promising favor-

results
10

whether

from

causes
specific

contagion. The sixth,

from

or

thirteenth, twentieth
unfavorable

and

twenty

second

apt toappesu* onthe

are

tions
indica-

the favorable

daye,

ing
be-

seventh

or

third

day later. But the unfavorable

days must be
Prof. Jones had
a
guarded against. When
student
patient running into typhoid fever
bis prompt

twenty-four
on

the

on

the sixth.

fifth

While
carry
on

the

hours

action

he

but

laws

of the

not

up

the disease

in

convalescent
allowed to go out
was

human

constitution
diseases dependent
periodicity,

it into

cause

and

day,

be

obey those

must

present causes

if the

broke

treatment

bacterial

we

must

and

causes

study ^e

of bacteria.

"It is always
being the great

a grave
restorer.

mistake

During

to

of sleep
hours
sleep
digestion almost entirely
increased
activity such as the
three times
as
on
rapidly as

shorten

the

"

its duration

show
stops, but other bodily functions
of hairs and
nails, which
growth
goes
during the waking hours.
airbath
on
However,
arising,with friction of one's
or
a cold water
life
could
but
be beneficial,providing we
life,
not
hand,
own
upon
omit it on our
Friday days.

2.-PERI0DICITY

Chap.

UNIVERSE.

THE
Effect of the
moon
obserTations"all
better

scientific

influence

of

my

celestial

of
the

moon

of

farmer's

factt
mysterious"
is
secret
published,

laws

why

"

influences

Universal

flesh"

liie and

animal

on

theories

than

THROUGHOUT

bodies.

nant
Predomi-

"

tides, vegetation

on

to
the
planets known
skillfnl
ancients
are
profound
astrologists who
of
and
Hippocrates
Kepler
physicians" opinions
the moon
explanation of planetary influences"
a
new
scientists
testimony by ancient
governed by seven
"influence
on
testimony of M. Pcrrcy
earthquakes"
Hcrsclicll"
and
Sir
Pearce
quakes
earthon
John
Arago
Commander
son
Morriproduced by the moon
in
South
America
in
1853
predicts an earthquake
and
storms
caused
explained winds
^Kepler
by
and
moon
planets" Medical
collegesignorant of
testimony of 25 distinguished physimeteorology"
cians

life" influence

and

the

"

"

"

"

controls

moon

dangerous
and
and

"

tides"

cholera

Every

its effect
the
you

on

word
think

flow

of sap

moon

lunatic
the

how

the

on

"

that

is such

from

in

moon

days

in

Luna,

find
in
as

the

diseases
to

the

moon.

try the effect of moonlight

on

12

matter

her

ods
periand

originate
no

sevensjy

governs

of

moon

"

weather

critical

are

observers

brain

the

full

years.

influential

moon

and

predicted

the

Close

constitution.
of the

on

knows

woman

diseases

on

and

insanity, Hemorrhage

moon

for 3000

of

moon

moon

new

"

earthquakes

periods

The

the

on

known

diseases

of

e"^ts

deaths"

of the

influences

the

to

as

If

importance,a
piece

real
o^ frcslipoultry,

sleepwith

fellow
and

will do

head

mutton

his head

instead
the

find it

state

Let

some

in the

go

dull

moonshine
The

morning.

who

experiencedfarmers
to

well.

as

he feels next

how

see

A
JPerhaps

mutton.

or

most

servation
by practicalob-

of theories,pay close attention

of the moon,
because
they
do

profitableto

If

so.

soon
they would
give up this
the longer they live the more

they did not

old idea; but
positivethey

are.

will not

believe any
understands
its cause,

who

He

until he

thinker.

law
is

All real science is

of nature

low
very shalcollection of
a

tell
can
explain. Who
why oxygen attacks iron, and why an alkali
keeps it off, why sulphuric acid seizes soda,
metals.
or
common
potash, lime, ammonia
facts constitute
knows, but such
Nobody
ory
the grand science of chemistry. I have a thelunar action, but that does not
to explain
facts that

we

cannot

any

more

must

act

it

make
what

we

If I had

develop

to

but
as

ten

my
to

certain"

fact

is

on.

more

the

thk

years

whole

periods are
earthly life,and I
own

I would
life,
try
law
of periodicity,

of

now
can

in their Nadir

only
of

tell what

curiosity,
until tested by more
having held it in reserve
observation
than thirtyyears
by myself,not
of making a book, and consequently
thinkini^
I

have

observed,

as

13

matter

to
neglecting

for I

interested

so

was

record many
in

factt",
interesting
the profound philosophy

which
the fate of
religion,
concern
all mankind,
I had
that
almost
forgotten
when
a sagacious friend to whom
periodicity,
and

I gave

the

secret, who

true, insisted that

I believe

in the

everything
far

as

follow that

it
verse,
uni-

of the

economy

fixed

have

universe

periods
its influence

exerts

its

sphere extends, it must

planets of the solar system

as

all the

influential upon
the vast

arc

found

be lost.

not

all stellar bodies

as

and

it must
in the

that

it and

tested

each

other; and

distances

the

influence

the

starry

of the

each

of

standing
notwith-

star

stars,

to

duces
re-

mum,
mini-

of the

Milky way
and other celestial constellations,must
exert
the earth by their aggrea real influence
gate
upon
groups

power.

is so

that

intelligent
sons
perinfluence
the
its
tides,uprecognize
upon
on
human
life; iniieeii
vegetation and upon
in
observers
close
engaged
agriculture are
it,
positive because
they have observed
very
in agriculturedepends to a
that their success
The

moon

near

close

observation

Indeed

it is well

sensible extent

upon
influence.

moon's

that

the

exerts

moon

upon

all

an

influence

of the
known

often

rious
inju-

flesh,and upon the heads

sleepin the moon-light.

animal

who
of persons
If any stellar

body

exerts

14

an

influence

upon

the earth, that

it

as

must

influence

approaches
in the

vary

or

recedes

whole

from

or

us,

cline
de-

and

of its orbit ;
infer that
certain

course

it is reasonable

hence

increase

must

to

in nature
in human
and
life will
phenomena
with
at
recur
regular periods in accordance
of heavenly bodies, just as
the movements
and winter
follow the
day and night, summer
course

of

of

most

the

them

the

ancient

nations

the

of

course

ancient

extensive

The

sun.

have

observations
convinced

planets of
special influence

that

each

the

and

the solar system have

and
man
upon
upon
hence
the most
arose

nature;

most

wonderful

of

all sciences

time to
had
Astrology. I have never
it is a
that
study the science,but I know
science of great profundity and
great value
in
I have
to mankind, because
always found
with
conversation
intelligent,scientific and
honorable
derful
Astrologers,that they had a woncapacity for revealing the outlines j(
life and its probable future.
own
my
I have
that very intelligentand
also found
have
tered
masphysicians who
closelyobservant
found
it of very great
this science,have
ease,
in the diagnosis and
value
prognosis of disledge
their knowthough they often conceal
for fear of the colleges. Hippocrates,
called the father of medicine
(a very practical
physician)insisted that every physicianshould
understand
reAstrology. Kepler, the most
called

15

imarkable

voted
deof his age, was
a
accustomed
of Astrology and

Astronomer

student
to

his

livingby preparing horoscopes.

of many
tell you
other
Astrologer can

earn

Any

eminent

who

men

cultivated

have

this science.

unable
to study the
science, I have
Though
logical
speculatedupon its philosophy ; for the astrodoctrine, that the time of one's birth
the course
of events
determines
throughout
possible,
imhis liie^
unreasonable
seems
a priori90
or
so

that

planetary

I endeavored

bodies

effect human

may

and
life,-

it appears
from my
investigations that
planet has its peculiarcharacter, owing
the chemical

to

partly

the

to

of life

of the

psychic constitution
planet on which the

favorable

are

inhabitants

for

constitution

and

the

how

ascertain

to

every

partly
and

mass

its inhabitants.

of

conditions
of its

character

ing
developed in noble and lovfluence
inhave
characteristics,
a beneficent
must
lar
the earth as it approaches, simiupon
has in society,
to that which
man
a good
it has not only its physicalattraction,but

its luminous
still more

has

and

electric emanations

pervading

and

the

of its psychic

emanations

lite.
For

the

pyschic

life of

planet must

pervading

The

of those

inhabited

power.
who
have
centuries

must

16

many

millions

have

it

be

of souls

through
accumulated

calculable
in-

I believe

lor

and

of Mars

what

have

than

the

receive

from

it therefore

I hold

higher spiritual

inhabitants

beneficent

more

inhabitants

the

much

consequently are

much
we

that

example,

Venus

condition

earth, and

of the

power

unlimited.

is almost

soul

for the

spiritual
power,

TEst

of

this

capable of

ing
exert-

influence

than

Saturn.

unreasonable

not

to

be^

planetary influences will

of human
laws
reveal occult
destiny,and I
believe that
astrologicalcalculations
ally
generwith those of periodicity.
harmonize
of a calamitous
me
Periodicity assures
riod
pefor this country,
to be developed in the

lieve that

fifteen years of the next

century,
lar
astrologicalcalculations lead to a simi-

first ten
and

to

The

conclusion.
laws

whichisa

science, as
the studies
The

bmad

far

to

demanded
and

study of Astrol*

extensive

more

valuable

of

periodicity
odical
knowledge of peri-

student

greatly to his
by the additional

add

would

ogy

of

study

by

and

physician
a

universal

complex
as

any

of

college.
science

of Periodicity,

by myself has not been suspected^

by any author, but a great deal has
the periodicity
controlled
been written
upon
and a great deal of practical
by the moon,
As
knowledge of this is enjoyed by farmers.
discovered

the moon's

periodsof

orbital revolution
seven,

it

gives an
17

consists
excellent

of four
demon-

Atration

of

other

many

septimal law, which

things beside the moon,

have

authors
As

the

to

I have

influence,it has

science

and
of the

one

'

father

of

month

has

medical

scientific,
making

important
Hippocrates,the Greek

parts of meteorology.

amply

physicians,whose works
many
been
able to obtain, which
are

elaborate, statistical

been

by

not

the lunar

which

yet studied.

not

the lunar

illustrated

rules

science

most

said, "the

lunar

such

boOYcr
our
special power
dies,that not only births, but diseases,death
have
kind
of dependence on
or
a
recovery

such

revolution."
the

Ptolemy had
moon
being of
to

and

opinion,saying,"the
all heavenly bodies the nearest
the earth, also dispenses much
influence
and
inanimate, sympathings,animate
thize
and

same

vary with her."

has
been a continual

There

succession

of

writers
adduce
opinions, and modem
the confirmatory facts.
M. Perrey says **Thc
of earthquakes when
number
the moon
is nearest
such

she is
the earth, is greater than when
farthest away.
They are also more
frequent
to

when

the

earth

is in the

likewise
.

of the

action

sun

the meridian

than

Arago, the greatest

said" that

those

who

the

she is

when

shocks
is

mocn

French

the
are
near

zon.
the hori-

near

disbelieved
18

on

moon

direction; and

same

frequentwhen

more

and

scientist
,

the

moon*s

which

doctrine

"ft

has

been

oi the winds.

law

the medical

Yet
too

in its

narrow

professionhas always
views, and has always

important sciences;which
collegecurriculum, such

in the

THE

FROM

of interest

covery

doctor

average

to

every

does

not

not

was

As

to

of the

lected
neg-

be

NOSIS
DIAG-

startling dis-

truthseeker.

The

the

suspect
of his

out

been

not

may

"THE

as

EYE,"

of knowledge

amount

it

Dotc's

appliedm

large

reach, because

in his

college lessons.
lunar
science, he knows

writings of

nothing
England

Laycock of
and such eminent
physicians as Mead, Tesla,
Balfour, Ramazinni, Scott, Pearson, Kennedy,
ertson,
Orton, Allen, Leuret, Moseley, Proctor, RobSmith, De la Lnnde, Toaldo, Howard,
and
Graves, beside many
Quetelet,Pitcaim
in

observations

writers

My

attention

was

that

calculous

and

at

the

and

new

also in
shall

I
to

show

known
It

is

Prot.

called

full moon,

that

former
this

to

kidney

diseases
and

the

centuries.

by
were

learning
worse

nervous

tem
sys-

condition.

worse

offer

of

of

enough

these

observations

lunar

periodicityought to be
to all, and
especiallyto all physicians.
of the septimal
perfect demonstration

law, and

attracted

Egyptians,

the

observation

Greeks

and

of

Jews.

the

cient
an-

Galen,

ject
physician,discussed the subextenbi\ elyin his writings. The influence

the great Roman

20

of the moOQ

the

that

of

this

inflnenoe

of the

Cullen

showed

Mead

greatest

was

moon

and

perigee.

and

Balfonr, Lind, Scott, Farquhar

in the

agree

don
the Lon-

lo

1785.

idea.

endorsed

in apogee

shown

was

Journal

Medical
fialfonr

ulcers

on

and

fevers

doctrine, that

son
Pear-

in Bengal

by the moon,
and that not only in fevers, but in dysentery
well
in convulsions, aggravations etc.,
as
as
and

India

controlled

are

ods,
frequentlyduring the lunar perii.e. in fifty
before and afterthe new
hours
the
and full moon."
They say that this was
general opinion of the physicians of India.
"occur

Dr.

most

that

says

its attacks
under

are

that

says

had
at

The

black
each

days
full

lunar

one

the

years

both

for two

paroxysm
new

natives

influence,

and

in India

cholera

gentleman had
lunar
fever, every

for two

moon

He

on

on

**one

intermittent
new

in his work

Kennedy

and

Mr.

Orton

paroxysm
month
at

eight

eigners
for-

of
the

months."

years

ably
invari-

moon

trated
healthy and unhealthy periods he illusby the following drawing, in which the
lines show
the
unfavorable
periods,
of which
extends
three and three-quarter
before

and

after

moon.

21

the

new

moon

or

the

one

or

Those

and

the

attacks.

after full

or

eight days brought on

other twenty
days only

In the

at
or

change
the

Hence

and
These

new

great

India,

fifth

the

on

there

and

full

because

sensitiveness

the effects would

that
of
not

the
be

is

fifteen

no

after

tacks
at-

the

gerous
dan-

is quitesafe.
more

ful
power-

climate

developes

nervous

system.

so

exact

climates.

in^more northern

tacks,
at-

(seven

are

moon

much

arc

31

attacks.

two

them

between

influences

day

only

were

moon

halfway

lunar

in

middle

all and

or

moon

of the quarter
after the critical time) there were

days

But

frequent

most

were

before

days

two

change.

full

of cholera

attacks

The

and

positive
Everybody

in the troppowerfully affected by the moon

ics,
especiallywhere the tides are high" high
tides and high fever go together.
22

Mead

speaks
tbat

departed

came

come

Brookes

epilepsyshould

be

Dr.

moon.

and

deaths

that

day

ments
treator

two

boy

of

eleven

on

for many

years

increased

at

every

full moon.

influence of the

observed
shown

says

and

regularly every lull

of hysterreported a case

came

Rutter

algia,which
The

male
fe-

young
rising tide

given

in

somnambulism

which

years,

new

in

full moon,
that is the time attacks
as
of Breslau
Dr. Ebers
on.
reported
of

case

the

with

on

it fell,and

as

for

before

of convulsions

by
in
at

Dr.

Michael

Orton's

on

moon

Allen

diagram

full moon,

15

at

new

insanity,as

is the
for

Deaths

as

cholera, 11
moon,

first quarter, three at last quarter.

11

same

one

at

Observations
showed

the

justbefore
Sexual

are

new

the

is influenced

in India

the exact

the

new

hour

of the

and

died from

five

animals

together

six

or

new

that

at

Dr.

moon

seized

Edinburgh was
and
fainting,and
hour

full

moon.

of

same

the

by

of wild

sexes

found

be

to

apt

time, the full or

cairn

moon.

excitement

more

At

in Paris,
Saltpetricre
lunatics to be quickened

pulse of

the

and

moon,

in the

Prof.

with

Pit-

rhage
hemor-

Cockbuni

at

rhage,
pulmonary hemorhis patients were

of

attacked
Dr.

by hemorrhages.
Moseley made a list of

from

113

very

old die at the

from

that

it

was

Dr. Robertson

all sorts

of

and

the

castor

at

that

says

and

oil nuts

time, but

time"the

nuts

do

cut

not

fuller of sap at the

the people gather
the

etc.,
that

sugar-cane

timber

cut

believed

are

Indies

in the West

that

; hence

moon

cluded
con-

persons
general rule.

vegetables are

full

new

new

of illustrious

records

at

of age, proving that the

the full moon,
and
or

to 1 69 years

the

dying

persons

be

to

at

fuller of oil

then.
Smith

says

their maize

crops

for if they

gather

Dr.

be

free of

husk
The

that farmers

in Peru

gather

of the moon,
increase it will not

in the decrease
it in the

moths

three

months,

even

if the

is left out.

observations

of
24

M.

Toaldo

on

the

that

the

five times
in

eight.

the

marked

change

the
the

coincided

moon

of weather

gener-

weather"

the

to

moon

the earth

effect,for when
with

occured

the

perigee the

times

31

the

in 32.

fect
powerful efeverything is universallyknown.
upon
Beside
the heat, li^htand
magnetism, and /
the effects of moonlight, which are like those I
of the Roentgen rays, there is the direct effect \
of gravitation. The sun
at midnight adds
its gravitating power
to that of the earth
|

That

the

moon

in seven,
the full moon
the perigee,
times
seven

in six,and
The nearer

more

new

times

the

in

showed

years,

full

the

change

six

moon

and

moon

new

ally brought
new

for 48

Lombardy

of

weather

and

sun

have

moon

and

increases

thus

it relieves when

pressionwhich
zenith.
is also
as

the

The

moon

as

of water
feet and in some
mass

it is in

is so

we

is raised

placesa
conjunctionwith

when

twice

as

hurdred
the

sun

or

it

strong
a

vast

fifteen

feet. When
at

the

new

injurious,it
adds
the depressingeffect of its gravitation
to that of the sun,
which
makes
midnight
moon,

its effects

five, ten

its

that

nearer

it in tides when

see

de-

it rises to

much
than

powerful" more
sun"

vital burden"

the

are

most

unwholesome
it
At the full moon
to man.
sends in the influence of the moon
rays which
life. As it is
are
to animal
very unfavorable
passingfrom one stage to another it produces
25

effects

which

vegetation with

on

physicians are with

with
the syzygieswhcn it works
brings on attacks of cholera.

farmers

its effects in

familiar, as

rnises tides in

force which

are

the
An

sun

and

attractive

places from
certainlyaf*

some

feet high mnst

fiftyto a hundred
feet everything on the earth.
These
derstanding;
things arc obvious to the dullest unbut all the planets in the solar
system have their specialaffects,which are of
course
periodiclike all planetary movements.
magnetism/
They belong to light,electricity,
and psychic forces,which
and
illimitable;
are
for

it demonstrable

I hold

have

ered
discov-

experiments that every planethas

a
peculiarpsychic force different from every
the life of
other
planet and effective upon
All of this is governed by exact
man.
iods,
perin mj

and

it

seems

to

the influence of the

be well

moon

and

established

that

planets affects

but the whole

only the tides of the ocean
of the earth, causing its volcanic
forces
mass
active and bring on
to become
earthquakes.
Plinysays that Anaximander, a Greek astronforetold
the earthquakes which
mer
threw
overnot

**

Lacedoemon."
There

is

certain

condition

the

planets
is believed to produce earthquakes and
^hich
twentv
enumerates
Qr. Goad
earthquakes
which coincided with that position. In 1881
Mr. Pearce predictedearthquakes when
that
a

26

of

dajSy if not,

we

may

23(1.but the 27th

Chap.

is

wait
a

Tery

to

the 16th

evil

or

even

day.

SYSTEM.

3.-SEPTIMAL

days of the week.

described"
my
years analyzed
fifit^
sonal
peradvice
sixth
the
to
how
manage
experience"
How
period to avoid misfortune and reach wisdom.
the months
of the year
are
arranged in good and
find your
evil periods. How
to
periods by the
love
table
and friendship.
Importance of
into
1776
on
Periodicityand fate of onr
country from
the 20th
onr
Washington,
public men,
century

Septimal system irprescnted by

The

first

the

and

"

"

Adams,
our

Jefferson,Hamilton, Burr, Calhoun, Douglass,

our
men
hope-nrich
Clay. Young men
country's
another
class
our
savior.
danger"

septimal division of time corresponds

and is most
to the days of the week
easily
understood
by using their names,
Sunday,
Monday,
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday,
Friday, Saturday. Sunday is the beginning
of the week, Saturday its end.
responds
Sunday corto the beginningof lifeand the other
days to its progress.
If lifeis limited within
fiftyyears, we have
for its first cycle. The
a periodof seven
sevens
first seven
years of the beginning of lifeis of
and growth uncourse
der
a
period of weakness
the protecting influence of parental love.
The
second or
to
Monday
period or seven
fourteen is a period of more
active and vigorThe

28

development

oas

under

protecting

same

Tuesday period from

is a period of^still
fourteen
to
twenty-one
by protection;
greater vigor, still assisted
and third are the best perihence the second
ods.
fourth
the Wednesday
The
or
period
from twenty-one to twenty-eight is a periodof
struggle without
protection,and consequently
and trouble, as well as energy
and
of care
accomplishment.
The fifth periodfrom twenty-eightto thirty^
and
care
five,or Thursday period in which
tense
is increased, is a period of inresponsibility
labor and
the sixth or
Friday period
from
thirty-fiveto forty-two is the one in
which
the exhausting results of struggle and

care

and

misfortune

the

third

the

become

or

apparent

in

laborious

life.
to
forty-two,
period from thirty-five
its sixth day or year
being a period of seven
and that is the year in which
is the forty-first,
cial
calamity, disappointment,illhealth and finanif the destiny
to appear
loss,are most likely
determined
of the individual is not
by his

The

stars

It

as
was

fortunate.
in my

own

I retired dissatisfied

with

some

experiencethe time when

from my collegeposition,

financial embarassment,

some
,

I ever
-realized,and
only ones
Bear
losing my life in the Ohio River
frozen,by breaking through the ice.

the

29

mies,
enecame

when
I have

seldom

found

whose

any

forty-first
year

was

satisfactoryand free from misfortune.

The seventh
or
Saturday period from fortytwo
to
ing
forty-ninemay experiencethe lingereffects of the sixth, but it is a period ol
comparativcrest, and afterthe forty-fifth
year
excused
from
men
are
militaryduty to which
they are liable from twenty-one to forty-five.
From
is a weak
period,
forty-two to fifty-six
fantile
Saturday being rest day and Sunday an inperiod,the beginning ol a second cycle,
ious
auspicappropriate for change with the more
all

at

influence
a

second

of the first twenty-one

years of
cycleif the first has been successful.

In

sixth

from
6th

period we
friendshipand love
period which is the
our

best
and

of- that

assurance

wife

than

younger

seldom

seek

the

as

we

time

is

generally obtain

men

need

possibleaid

all

in

do
of

first

our

The

birth.

happy marriage,
that by finding a

themselves,

advantage

of

bnt
a

women

younger

partner.
It is too

late to

find friends
our

then.

happier

they
years,

wait

They

years,

should

be

which

is

until the evil time

and

younger,
a

very

should

found

it is desirable

by

favorable

it is

be

from

relation

and
in
that

to

17

and

equallyfavorable when they are twentyfive to forty-two our

senior, in which
case
be very
though they may
good friends, we
not so apt to enjoy them.
are
30

I would

also

friends

better

suggest

that

they

still,
left the sphere

they have
of physical existence,and much
more
tent
compeadvice.
calamities
to give us
good
Many
in human
have been prevented
history would
if spiritfriends or guardian angels had
been
regularlyconsulted, for they have a clearer
and
more
dispassionateview of all things.
with
ings
warnThey frequentlyimpress women
which
their husbands
disregard. If Julius
Cesar

when

are

Pontius

and

their wives, it would

If

them.

Pilate
have

Abraham

had

been

Lincoln

listened

fortunate
had

to

for

consulted

he felt the solemn

angel guardians when
fate by assassination,
premonition of his own
is no
his life might have
There
been
saved.
obtain
this protecting influence
who
not
one
may
if they seek it, for millions
now
are
accessible to spiritualimpressions and
capable
man's
others.
wife
of giving them
to
Many a
listen
might be his guardian angel if he would
to give my
to her impressions. If I were
now

his

advice

best

to

advise

would

and
would

him

honest
show

him

friend
to

at

get the advice

master

the

in life I

his outset
of

tific
scien-

astrology who
path of destiny which
of

follow
and
must
already trodden
either blindlystumbling or with
through life,
his eyes open to all dangers. The ruler of the
has fixed our
Universe
pathway and we can

he

walk

has

in it with

eyes

open
31

or

shut.

regret

tiiat I did
time.

of the science in

learn the value

not

have

It would

saved

serious

from

me

errors.

If

ascended
than
not

scientist is within

such

no

friends
and

you,

be

what

knowing

rightly. They

will advise

and

life

honorable

Christ
will
tried

advised

get

nearer

to

show

and

The

first

if you

pure

"Primitive

in

religion of

il you
seek that
in life and
honored
in

memory

lead

you

kind

elder brother

is and

good

to

you

celestial wisdom.

you

the

what

advise

not

world, and

the
to

our

as

I would

I do

friend if I did

true

your

clearer

and

farther

see

can

reach,

Jesus
do

you
I have

ity"
ChristianHeaven

you

will be

years

is the

progress"

period
and

with

fourteen

ol labor

the next

these

natural

the

and

friends.

among

accordance

loved
be-

death, leaving

fiftyyears of life ought to secure

home
and
familr, a good reputation
good friends in a good community.
In

was

views

and

twenty-one

period of encouraging
succeeding years, the

laborious

etc.,
forty-two, the
progress

ending at
period of decline and
danger; so that we
in
careful
need
be particularlyprudent and
risks or
sixth
our
heavy
period, taking no
in our
responsibilities
forty-first
year.
be
needs
Six
to
being the evil number,
guarded against. The sixth year of a child,
the thirteenth, twentieth, twenty-seventh^
seven

32

are
thirty-fourthand forty-first
in regular progression,

the months

But

worst.

bad.

periods of fifty-twodays each,

will prove

be the evil

to

example, being
run

as

to

as

Months"

own

worse,

important

as

the years.
is divided
If the year

regarded

be

are

all unfavorable

follows

born

one.

Dec.

into

seven

sixth

the

Taking
11th, my

iod
permy

iods
per-

Sunday" Dec. 11 to Feb. 1.

Feb. 1 to March
25.
Monday"
1 6.
25 to May
Tuesday" March
Wednesday"
May 16 to July 7.
Thursday" July 7 to Aug. 28.
Friday" Aug. 28 to Oct. 20.
Saturday" Oct. 20 to Dec. 11.
been

This, I think, has

verified

through my
has been
life. October
unlucky month, and
my
I am
time
at the present
realizing as I write,

dangerous effects of
vitalitythough no one
suspect it from
the

will

result

my

is the

Our
and

an

fatal, for

be

soon

in

period developed

evil

period upon
my
would
in meeting me
I am
quite sure
appearance.

the

it is

an

evil

which
fortnightlyperiodicity

fatal.

most

time

successful

eighty-two

The

latter

and

the

half

sixth

against is

from

is the
after

days
of

our

year

period

to

the

216th
33

be

first

one

the

is less

hundred

birth

day.

promising,
specially guarded
the 312th
to
day.

In the 6th

life,
we
friends.

periodwhich begins our daylight

depend upon the love of parents and
6th period throngh life we
So, in onr

that

need

and
That
who

aid and

shonld

love to assist

friendlylove

seek to have

ship
friend-

us.

best from

comes

parents

ourselves.
years older than
Younger parents are less beneficent,under 14
der
parentage and unyears it is an unfavorable
are

25

to

42

10 calamitous.
BlRTHDATE.

EviL

January 1st,
February 1st,

Sept. 18

March

Nov.

Oct.

1st,
April1st,
May 1st,
June 1st,
July 1st,
August 1st,
September 1st,
October
1st,
November
1st,
December
1st,

his

16

being

Jan.

16

Feb.

16

would

to

change the
9th.

and

October

The

evil months

7.
7.

March

9.

one

may

to

easily ascertain
his figuresas his
Thus

11, the addition

December

Jan.

17 to Feb.

in the month.

advances

to

9.

Dec. 10.

Dec.

periods by advancing

date

to

Nov.

April 9.
March
18 to May
9.
April 18 to June 9.
May 19 to July 9.
June 18 to Aug. 9 J
July 19 to Sept. 9.
Aug. 18 to October 9.

this table

From

19

to

PERIODS.

of

my
10

period from Aug.

August 28, October

evil
to

in the evil year, 41,

34

are

date

days
18th
19.
sure

led

nearly to

of the Union

the destruction

against which
been
guarded,

of Secession,

the War

had

stitntion

not

by

the Conit

as

was

formed

at

unfavorable

an

towards

time.

secession

policyof Stephen

The

assisted

was

Douglass,
period,1811

A.

bom

ment
move-

by

the

1813,

to 1816.
country's evil
My
own
period, 1814, is not a favorable one
I cannot
but antagothis country.
toward
nize
our

and

its character

I could

criticism.

career

have

to

the blood

instead

thousands

hundred

shed

sharpest
great sympathy
a
ready when

was

many

the

no

population that
politicaldifference arose
with

with

tiner to peaceful arbitration, and

in blindness

civil

another

is

selfishness

and

of

of submitwhich

now

advancing

ward
to-

war.

in 1777, was
by that
Clay, bom
with
his country,
date in unity or harmony
in which
he was
immensely popular. He
with
Its rights in the war
firmly maintained

Henry

active
in
England, was
by
restoring peace
in urging internal improvements
a treaty, and

and

the

promotion

but

I felt in my. first interview

of

our

infant

ures,
manufact-

with

in 1832, that my
spiritof progress and
mind
the American
on
plane of thought
not

in

harmony.

friendliness

Friday

relation
and

received

He

but
to

when

as

his
I

met

36

my

me

period

(37)

was

another

with
was

not

him
his
were
dial
cor-

in

tracted,
at-

eloquent

who

day
reallymy friend,my Frirelation to his birth (40) made
me
able
incaphis
of enjoying
society.
have
If onr
already found the
countrymen
patriots that may guard our welfare, it will
in our
be fortunate
coming troubles.
They

statesman

be attended

should
It is

days

was

that

probable

of 1860

those

now.

in the

bom

will not

1867

to

cherished

and

to

bring a

dark
cent
benefi-

They will be about 50 years

old at our
next
cataclysm (1909-15). This
is not a positivedictum, but a suggestion to
born
stimulate
tween
bemen
vigilance. Young
will probably be our
and
1888
1887
influence.

country's best friends.

not
our

been

devoted

Men

whose

lives have

accumulating wealth are

History has not contradicted
to

best reliance.

not
are
opinion of Jesus that such men
prepared for the kingdom of Heaven.
They are not a beneficent influence,for any
comes
passion long and successfullyindulged bepredominant. Even if wealth has been
obtained
considered honorable
and
by means

the

not

by financial
magnet_ to

selfishness.
man

could
would

The
own
own

strategem, it becomes
hold

in

man

remark

the

cial
finan-

sphere

of

of

Ingersollthat no
five millions,for the five millions
him is not
contradicted
by

hold
can
experience. There are a few who
maintain
and
their brotherhood
large sums
with
and
humanity, but they are very rare
37

extraordinary characters and

they are
opportunity. Hence

haTC
not

miUionaire

retain
some
may
if his wealth
qualitiesespecially

The

by
Neither

financial

the business

energy
world

the

known.

agreeable
was

and
.

nor

not

not

tained
ob-

sharpness.

the church

has

conception of the duties of a rich man,

lionaire
though Jesus Christ has spoken truly. Milwealth
is fatal to a republicand has
And
the people
already dragged us down.
do
that
the land
know
not
on
they own
which
are
our
they toil. Women
country's
best friends, educated
can
save
us.
women
of Jerusalem,
followers
of Jesus Christ
The
will make
true
a
they
republic when
disciples,
any

appear.

Oar

PERIODICITY.

4 -NATIONAL

Chap.

Ca^
Calamities
fate"
past"
history and
Statesof
the
United
lamities
to come."
Periodicity
of 1812, earthquake
and financial distress"
Why
war
eral
Fedthe
sncccssful"
the Reyolntionary
Why
warwas
Critical
Constitution
has been
a
partial failure.

country's

times

under

Aaron
Jeffersoi^aad

Adams,

entirely a

of

LfOuisiana, not
Septimal introduced
fate has

more

no

individual

on

the
on

mercy

crime
or

voice

of

avarice
South

above

their

Carolina

thunder

The

of Bankers

of

day
Fri-

secession, for
nations

resolutions

than
in

came

corruption

moral

"

Shall it be reform
Speculators.
1910
an
alarming time" The

"

the

ruined

Bgypt, Prance
dem|f[ogues in vain.
Rome,

masters"
warn

Nations

storm"

our

by
and

The

rolls in 1909.

striking illustration

most

that

law

and

The

chase
Pur-

and

.revolution

Jesus

blessing"
of the

corrupting

secession

sinners"

the^evilperiods" desolation
the

war

Burr"

is found

knowy

the

of
in the

periodic
destiny

of nations.
United
1776.

States
Its

first

began as a nation
to
cycle extended

July 4th,
1824.

Its

from
1810
ing
Durto 1817.
Friday period was
that
the
on
period came
unsatisfactory
with England called the war
of 1812, its
war
last great battle being Jan. 8, 1815.
Had
the war
been prolonged into 1816
it would
haTe
been
much
a
greater calamity. The end
of a war
is the gloomiest period, as derangement
and
1815

to

distress
1820

was

haTe
a

accumulated.

period
39

of great

From

financial

distress.

The

extensive

Madrid

in

changed

the face of

earthquake

which

1811,

in

was

of

this

New

period

extensive

an

region.
first 7 years
Revolutionary war,
2 months
ginning
brought Independence at the beof the Monday
period, September

In the

and

the

1783, and

before

Federal

new

its close

in

1790

constitution, in

1787

the

came

and

1788

late in the
too
adopted with great difficulty
later adoption
period. An earlier or much

have

would

its

been

results

From

1790

fortunate.

more

have

elected
Washington was
of the Tuesday period.
and

been

not

1797,

to

the
in
He

satisfactory.
Tuesday period,
the Monday
1792
gave

lost his services in the

we

ly
Certain-

up

the office

Friday period

1796.
From

1797

occurred

to

1804, the Wednesday

the contest

of Adams

and

arisingfrom
his alien and

the Federalism

sedition

laws

and
the dangerous
whisky insurrection
of Jeffersonand Burr in 1801,
contests
in which
we
narrowly escaped the triumph
of Burr
over
Jefferson. The Wednesday period
the
whole
and
1798
was
on
unpleasant
with
France, and
was
a
period of contest
died in 1799, but on
the other
Washington
hand
Jeffersonpurchased Louisiana in 1806.
It was
a
grand purchase for the United
States, but in an unlucky year, and it resulted
in the Civil War of secession,arisingfrom con-

with

the

period,

40

the

regulation of this territory.

re-elected in 1805, leaving office
Jefferson was
in 1809, an
unfavorable
Friday period. Thus
the
Washington
Friday period took away
in 1809,
succeeded
and
JefiFerson.Madison
of the Thursday period (1804
the fifth year
entitled to expect an
to 1811) therefore
itnfavorable
more
fullyverified
reign which was
tests

over

fi-om 1811

to

the

1817"

in which

seven

the

year Friday period,

and the war
with

Embargo
ish
England made an unhappy time, and the Britto Washington.
came
army
The Friday period of the second cycle(1825
from
1860
to
to 1867, and
1874) extended
hostile

after the

began
by the

in 1861.

1861,

in

which

extend

The

The

attack
the

union

excitement
war

Fort

on

midst

of

troops

began
Sumpter, April 12,
the Friday months,
21

called

were

war

of secession

March

from

the

of 1860

to

May

for

April 15,

12.

March
21 to
May 3rd 82,000.
May 12 is uniformly an unlucky time for the
United
States, most
frequentlyby corrupt
of whkh
and absurd
congressional legislation,

75,000, and

great deal
The

time
comes

first week
for the
in

is certain

more

of

United

March

patronage

runs

is the

May

States.

4th, and

jobbery, intrigue and

riot

ably illustrated by

follow.

to

possible

worst
new

the

President
carnival

of

boodle, in dispensing
for two
evil months,

President
41

Geveland

when

he

the Democratic
botiglit
will soon
begin again.
The

of

secession

party, and the game

passed oy the
Southern
in. the Thursday and
states
Friday
months.
In the Friday period,March
21 to
May 12, by VirginiaApril 25, Arkansas
May
Carolina
essee
after May 20, Tenn6, North
soon
June 8. In the Thursday period,January
27 to March
21 and
nineteen
days of
Wednesday
by MississippiJanuary 8, by
Florida
January 10, and Alabama
January
11,- Georgia January 19, Louisiana
January
26 and Texas
sion
February 1. The entire secesacts

was

were

in the unfavorable

period excepting South

latter half of the

Carolina, December
Carolina
tion
put into ac-

28, 1860, which South

April12, 1861.
Counting from December
ing
1860, the secession rebellion then begun, lastand four to five months, ending
five years
in its fatal sixth period,leavingdesolation and
was
misery where it had ruled. Desolation
had
of
the Nadir
reached
we
complete when
our
are
destiny and we
going to the same
^blind as bats to our
destiny.
placenow
At the end of its seven
period 1867,
year
the process
of recovery
began painfullyin
weakness
through the South, while the North
became
the hot-bed of the political
corruption
of the Friday period (1866) so fearfully
trayed
porby Mr. Lincoln in one of his letters,the
of which
will probably develop
consequences
"

42

not
yet restored,
rency lost, their autonomy
the ignorant blacks coming into controlling

positions.
entire

The
the

destruction

currency,

calamities

financial

of

greatest

their

of

was

traction
greatly aggravated by the subsequent conprompted by the bankers, about five
there
hundred
millions being destroyed, when

should

have

replace the
was

as

We

may

been

an

issue of $500,000,000

loss of their

entire

disastrous
therefore

time
North

was

year

loaded

of war.
year
that the worst

rightly say

1866, the
of the nation, the South

Friday

This

money.

another

as

calamitous

most

ruined, and

debt, with
demoralization

with

down

to

the
vast

the
pension list, and
duced
proa^d the cormorant
impulses of
by war
knavish
speculators,fostered by four years of
which
ing
is workopportunity, a demoralization
result today, and giviagus
its natural
out
nal
the sure
promise of another
period "f natiodisaster
1861
to
equal to that from
1865.
The
for

no

follow

sword
nation

of
can

universal

justicehangs

fear.

From

calamities

selfishness,and

corresponding period
off all prophetic minds
with

the

escape

of

1867

as

that

the second

calamity is not far

are
looking forward

to

1874

period, in which the evil

from
the Friday period were
44

heads,

our

over

was

our

urday
Sat-

effects resulting

continued,

and

the

in

Friday

trouble

legislationand
Senator

must

Our

Booth

ask

any reform
until revolution

cyclereaches
Friday period

in 1874
if

or

if it

were

oppression

comes.

from

next

its

and

by unprincipled
made
corporate greed, which

have

on

go

nancial
fi-

caused

was

Newton

possibleto

additional

1873,

year,

1874
from

comes

1923,

to

1909

to

1916.

As

within
brought war
1860
brought war
inauspicious month

1811

July
in a year, April
19th, and
for its inaug15th, an
uration,
we
expect if those precedents
maj
will bring civil war,
followed
that
1910
are
of it, and
at least bring us
to the brink
as
or
time to the
unfavorable
spring is the most
country, especially the inauguration of a
that our
third
4th, it seems
president,March
president after McKinley will be in as perilous
position as Lincoln, either unable to rule at
all or
only ruling at the head of a faction.
And

war

is not

of classes

imagined.
and
land

will find himself

the second

This

with
action

The

one

in

of sections

war

the most
wealth

disturb

terrible that

that

throwing

the

has

been

and

can

be

filled the
the

other
course

of

but

us

lated,
accumu-

has

whole

millions out
45

storm.

before

by its accumulation
sufferingand poverty,
of corporations, and

that

year,

ing
grindnations
combiof industry,

employment

feelingof

must

rouse

minds

of victims

if

their oppressors.
The truth must
that

conscience

no

anything
hoard

millions

up

domineering power
suffering"that no
the

divine

Jesus

was

would

not

criminal

law

of

under

dawn
has

man

and

no

for

right
has

riotous

who

are

to

opolize
mon-

right to
luxury, and
a

his fellow
has

tlie

the human

on

man

while

men

are

right to ignore
brotherhood, and therefore
man

right when
enter

discover

they can

in time

in

irengeance

he

said

the

heaven, for the rich

divine

law

as

go unrelieved
social system of

to
suffering

long
and

rich
man
as

man

is

lows
he al-

long as
he enforces a
petition
strugglingcomfortified by monopoly which
compels
while the people'sland, the people'5
suffering,
and
roads
the people'smoney
are
lized.
monopoHis

as

palaces and his lordlybanquets in sight

of
human
suicide
suffering, despair and
his disowned
timony
brothers, will rise in tesamong
against him, and a social order will
be established
that will forbid
the uprising
millionaires
and
perpetuation of avaricious
son
to
corrupt societyand teach a perpetual lesot swinish
selfishness,while corrupting
into despotism that should
the government
universal prosperity.
stand
for freedom
and
It is only a repetitionof history" the same
drama
of wealth corruption and ruin shown
46

in

Rome

masses

and

Egypt" the slavery

predictingtl^ destruction of

aricious

classes

did in South
heeds

as

it did in Greece

Carolina, but

of

the

the

and

aT-

as

it

wealth

besotted

is more
warning. The white man
rebellious and revengefulthan the black slave.
Our good periods end with the century.
The
clouds
rolls
gather in 1902 and the thunder
in 1909 to introduce the storm.
It is a happy
that
I shall not
be here to
thought to me
the coming Friday period. The
witness
tional
nahas
demoralization
so
already gone
far that
the philanthropist will not be listened
crime
to and
to its punishmust
ment.
go on
My lifeis utterlyforeignto the present
no

system,

Chaf.

and

5-THE

APPLIED

it will be

of

laws
TO

THE

HOURS

feeble" Noon
hotirt
Moming
after
six"
Yoan?
droops

another

Wlien

and

relief to leave

honrs

the

it.

PERIODICITY.
OF

hours
weak

THE

DAY.

strong
mnst

after 11 p. m."
Rest
effects of work
before sunrise"
I
law of lift now
discovered

eariy" Evfl
Ruinous

"

^Nature

go to bed
till sunrise"
But

there

is

twenty-four hours of the day arc

divided into seven
equal parts, each will be
three hours and three-sevenths,equal to three
hours twenty-five and five-sevenths minutes,
counting it 3 hours, 26 minutes, and begiii47

the day on
at 6 a. m., the
an
iiittg
average
snocessiTe periods will be as follows:
Sunday" 6 to 9:26.
9:26 to 12:52.
Monday"
Tuesday" 12:52 to 4:18.
Wednesday" 4:18 to 7:44.
Thursday- 7:44 to 11:10.
Friday" 11:10 to 2:36,
Saturday" 2:36 to 6.
The
morning or Sunday hour of youthful
freshness
and
ment,
preparation,laying in nourish.

and
the

not

The

freedom

active
cf

hour

hours

Monday

and

achievement

vigor

the hours
the best

success,

The

hours.
are

the work

consummate

Thursday

still less favorable

pause.
The
should

Friday

hours

be invaded

never

withdraws

her

hours

may

are

hours

best

seven

of

night work
demand
finally

the time of rest

by

resources;

on

carry

of the

and

are

ment.
achieve-

good as Monday;
fatigue begins is a

great deal less favorable, but

and

but

of energy,
part of the

afternoon

Tuesday or
also, but not as
Wednesday, when

and

the best

or

are

The

day.
good

of movement,

labor.

which

Nature

malaria

then

trates
concen-

earth; criminals, burglars and

in crime, and
assasins
are
tempted to engage
of dayhght and
the protectivepower
society
near

is gone.

the

The

sun

beneath
48

the earth

has

de-

match

his

elevating power
it giyes no
and if the moon
at noon,
appears
for it ha^ no vital force to give. The Saturday
life,
ful
resthours after three, bring on a more
until daylight; the dews
condition
or
freshness
frosts of the night are
giving some
of the body have
The
secretions
to the air.
purifiedthe blood, and the supply of oxygen
is increased, and
the excreta
in the blood
are
ready for discharge which should be attended
The
to.
body and brain realize restoration
and preparation for activity.
tion
condiThis corresponds to the ante-natal
birth
sunrise
before
as
corresponds to

pressing

birth.

power

The
and

to

condition

growing.

of

This

the
is

infant

the time

is

that

rest is like the ante-natal

g^row and our
rise in the morning a little taller
We

when

we

laid down

at

ished
nourwe

rest.

than

night.
sustained

by the
life and
love and
the Saturday rest
mother's
verse;
before day is sustained by the spiritof the uniin our
that is the time when
passivcall things being tranquil,our
spirit
ncss,
with
friends are
able to come
blessings,or
vivid as day approaches;
with visions more
and morning dreams
visions are apt to be
or
The Friday
true or symbolical of the truth.
period forbids action, and invites us to rely
of the universe, just as the
the oversoul
on
and
reforty-first
year invites us to caution
The

ante-natal

rest

49

is

instead

Eoseof
our

of action

and

risk.

The

six o'clock

rising after

people's constitutions

an

when

body should

neither, brain

this I have

taxed;

way

debilitated.
should

nor

their

strength

is not

would

diminish

their

selves
their
This

years,
should

child

who
the

exhaust

destructive
is peculiarly
in their
should

Sundov

robust

is somewhat

sunrise

shorten

system.

nervous

children, who,
first

in any
rest.

breakfast

labor;

them-

to

taxed

enjoy the morning

before

rouse

period, the

be

not

through

are

heavily then, for

fullydeveloped and it
energy through the day

long before

for labor

go to work
children
to
work

who

laborers

and

lives and

being

feebleness,

themselves

tax

Farmers

of

be in any
realized when

often

those

Even

not

hour

is

Sunday
to^iany

to

rouse

like

its mother.

way,
For
one

is-like
before

taxing

seven

the

but
to

putting
day for
unborn

It is

taxing the
constitution
before itiscompletelyrenovated.
brain exhaustion
of lunacy and
The
amount
farmers
is due largely to their early
among
imposiug early rising on their
rising, and
children.
Our writers on hygiene should
deavor
enthis extensivelyknown.
to make
child labor in factories.
forbids
Humanity
It

should

forbid

all labor

between

ten

at

Indeed
seven
night and six in the morning.
is an early hour for the factory bell; half-past
or
eight would.be better; from eight to
9even
60

Chap.

S.-VITAL

COMPARED.

PERIODS
THE

LIGHT

OF

THE

of

begianings

The
a

and

"

dates,

two

Nero's

mother"

Hypocritical

Critical

Period
vernal

of

the

Controlling
in

superstition

Dangers
Friday time

of

birth"

at

Suppers

Beginnino

The
The

weaning"

at

and

time

rymen
dai-

and

work

"

unknown-

one

creative

process-

ignorance-

of

life dates

and

"

life

evening

Friday

com-

periods

law
mysterious
advice
Birthday
in 40th

breakfasts

Life."

of

the

favor

dates

fails"

Critical
iiestation-

eqmnox"

"

morning
of,
importance

ritalitv

Wnen

laborers

old

for

Afternoon

life and

posterity"Birth

to

life dates"

Our

"

year"
Birth

of
"

"

The

dates.

first

trance
en-

pressive
imgives us the most
lesson in periodicity,though we
are
to learn
it,and no one has profited

into

by

Table

children

of

Management

Legislators"

Doty
pared-

Farm

hare

we

Precautions

"

"

ni|^htwork"

and

work

sickness

hygienic discoTcry-

"

The

Dajr
and

year

explained

life" When

of

periods

first

The

periods"

constitutions

weak

why"

LIFE.

OF

critical

are

OF

LIGHT

THE

AND

SOURCES

and

weakness

Morning

too

liie

critioU

two

strength
men

SOUL

AS

battle--Stroag

Tbe

The

THE

SUN

NAL
EXTER-

AND

PERIODS

this world

joung
the lesson.

conception, and this first

ter
life comes
of our
to its Friday period afyear
its
into
birth.
first year
Dividing our
"even
periods after conception, the sixth or
Friday period begins at the 260th
day, when
Our

life begins at

52

our

mother

is

preparing to

throw

off into

ns

dangers of the outside world, for the period

^df gestationis usually 270 days^(or 280)
which
Friday period and
brings us into our
the longer the birth is postponed, the farther
into the Friday period,and the
it advances
us
the mother
to
more
dangerous it becomes
the child for she sympathizes with
her
and
offspringin the Friday period. It is a critical
to pray
period and the church is accustomed
in child-bed.
for the safety of women
In this
lose the protection and
critical,^
period we
mother's
of the
nourishment
constitution,
forth into serious dangers" immediate
and
cast
are
ally
perilof health and life which we usumanifest
The act of
by the cry of alarm.
the

birth
not

has

exposed
calamities, and

avoid

the

safety,but
is the

most

the

if

accidents

many
earlier

it

begins

Friday period, the better for

the evil days must
be realized.
tragical period of our whole

for unless
half

six years.

period

the

Starting
of

first six weeks

born

in the

are

die in the

unfavorable

to
our

It
istence,
ex-

orable,
fav-

first
day
Fri-

first year of existence, we

life of exposure
in its Sunday

our

our
upon
period of exterior

ol

circumstances

children

the

enter

month

to

us

our

day
weakness, and in the Frithe
complete life. Hence

of the infant

are

period,being all in the Friday

This historyshows
that we
53

very

critical

month.
have

two

per-

iods

calculate, the

life

9
period, which
is
months
longer,as it begins that much earlier,
and
the day period, which
at
commences
to

birth.

As

the consequences

of these

two

iods
per-

extend

portant
through life,
they give us an imlesson.
the originallife force
When
IS
abilityat particular
strong, it gives us
times
which
differ from
the day force, and
when
it is feeble we
must
depend on the day
fail when

force and
The

first 3H

that

hours

fails.

of the

morning

have

strength for the day life and less

spiritlifeor vitality. Nothing great
at

this time, and

and

ultimatelydestructive.
fortnightlyFriday, when

in their

lost

its power,
After

retire to

which

to

an

me

Anyone
and

may

vital

comparison
strve

life has

they

noon.
fore-

should

with

their

comfortably warm
ventithoroughly lated.

be

effect

seen

or

of

heard

any

by hygienists,practicalmen
and

in

men

morning labor
important hygienicdiscovery,

never

writers

day

commune

in

must

detrimental

for I have

it

God

and

is done

little in the

do

and

for the

is exhausting
Old

light breakfast

their couch

apartment,
The

should
a

spiritfriends

seems

all great exertion

tle
lit-

or

allusion to
ous
miscellane-

yet the facts are patent.

tion
exhausobserve the premature
laborers

in

people of the city who

The
rapid exhaustion

ob-

dullness

with

later hours.

54

of

farm

of

life in horses

of tlie street

still

fact, and

of

that

wagons

daylightto
is

There
the

farmers'

and

the

is the

fore
be-

ing.
morn-

early,

start

that

carriage horses

and

of

between

too

that

horses

long

in the

contrast

hausted
ex-

drivers

labors

customers

great

work

saddle

their

start

familiar

and

horses

serve

is

remarkable

more

condition
milk

cars

serve
ob-

later hours.
up

breakfast
school

No

The

children

early to study before

or
immediately after is an iniquity.
should
begin before nine o'clock.

Calling

of this

maximum

unnatural

great deal of night service of policemen,

and

servants

is

which

in the

of monasteries.

hours

is

There

follyis reached

railroad

employes

highlyinjurious.
in the

exertion

Strenuous

afternoon

hours

of strong vital temperament,

for it is their best time" and
they are

is well borne

vigorous

those

till twelve

in the late

are

Legislativebodies
the

forenoon

night
We

p.

greatest mental

The
men

by

or

may

morning
as

and

do

m.

peformances
afternoon
well

continue

of strong

and

to

meet

until

10

evening.
at
or

10

in

11

at

later.

speak

of the two

life and

sources

of life as

evening life. They

follows,beginning:
55

run

gether
to-

Ll^fi.

liORNINC

A.

M.

EVBNINO

Sunday,
Monday,
Tuesday,

"

9:26"

12:52"

UFS.

Friday.
Saturday.
Sunday.

Constitutions

strong in the life power,

nine months
before birth, as their

from

important period. Their

favorable
to longevity.
Constitutions

with

native

birth and

with

the

feeble endowment

the

animals

work.

or

11:30
life not

from

to

work

with

12

study

sunrise

or

upon
our

9:30

to

p.

absolute

from

rest

their

to
a

p.

one

p.

m,

vigorous

but

from

prolongation in good
m.
night
They endure

ease.

PERIODS

Studies
based

early as
for night

unfit

vital class date

8, with

to

vigor

VITAL

declines

3.

to

highly

M.

have

must

The

p.

date

till six
moderately maintained
They should retire not later than

and

M.

and

force

is from

best energy

of
force

sun

retire

is

is

seven.
p.

Their

they should
They are

do.

Their

which

M.,

sunrise.

and

sun

most

strength

spiritor life must relychieflyon the

of the day, food, air and
sunshine,
from

date

AND

of human
our

EXTKSNAL

lifeheretofore

birth.

relations

to

From

coming

56

PARED.
COM-

PERIODS

have

that
years,

date

been
we

coming

months
into

and

the

another

dajs. But lookingdeeper

perceived tkat there was

coming

subject I
and

influential

very

date.

Life began
begin life in birth.
nine months
earlier,by conception,and those
nine months
decisive.
are
They are the most
when
the foundation
important portion of our life,
of our
destiny is laid, and astrology
be an incomplete science until it takes
must
cognizance of conception as well as birth.
science is a very imperfect
And
humanitarian
sort of sanctimonious
quackery as long as it.
neglectsthe prenatal life which determines
the fate of coming generationsby the impressions
We

do

not

made.
if

and

in
to

are

our

permanent

flatute

evil

mipressions they
a wretched
turies
cendestiny,which
the higher world, may
be able
not

they
give us

may

These
are

very

overcome.

of Nero

(Agrippina)was a sorter
of the monster
Caligula, endowed
emperor
the evil impress
with a similar nature, and
in her offspringwas
she made
rewarded
by
who
is probson
by her own
ably
being murdered
still in the dark
regions provided for
world.
criminals in the spirit
control
To
the creation of humanity is a
But
philanthropy beyond all others.
they
The

who

mother

lead in such

by

reform

all the combined

which

hides

itself
57

are

liable to be

sailed
as-

otry
ignorance and bigunder
a
hypocritical

and seeks to
pretended Christianity,
persecute all who bring the discussion of such
subjectsbefore the people who are interested
instead oi having it confined
to the medical
it is a question of proprofession,to whom
fessional
of

mask

business.

presentlyhow to perform
posterity and insure children

I will show

duty
may
now

to

rise up and
I must
show
birth

and

our

our

time.

of

use

with

months

depend on air,food
have to
our
earthlylife,.and
destinyfrom sun dates.
It is more
important to
may

be

to

well

us

carry

to

for

bom,

the loftiest

conception our doom

Both
conception and

evil

dates, and
our

both

destiny and

upon

we

than

who

call you
blessed; but just
how
the dates of conception
bear

the proper
haye nine

upon
We

youj-

should

life periods and

mother,

our

sunshine

and

fore
befor

ourearthly

count

be well

conceived

that

conception
destiny and if an

is sealed.
birth

give

critical

be studied

to

policyin

years

mine
deter-

and

months.
As

conception is usuallynine months

earliei*

perceivethat one
is bom
who
on
probably
January 1st was
conceived
April 1st in the preceding year.
The
of conception therefore
month
comes,
earlier, three months
though nine months
than

birth

later

in

the

the

same

reader

will

year
58

than

the

month

of

lifewhich

tenor

end

of the 5th

From

the 260th

or

the

any

the

constitution

longer.

We

are

is unable
thrust

the better"

sooner

before

sooner

Parturition

the

daj
period and last 52 days.
to the 270th
day is usually
our
Friday trouble, as the

beginning of

maternal

begin at

may

even

Friday

should

out

if

it is

never

be

we
a

260th

to

shelter

us

in distress
cornea

"

little

little better.

delayed" for

the

and
it is for mother
longer delayed the worse
child; anything beyond ten days is evil and a
gerous
delay from the 260th to the 300th day is danand
The
"04th
day
probably fatal.
would, according to the periodiclaw, be the
most

disastrous

Hence

period.

the external

life beginsifi
distress and

weakness, as it begins in the Friday time o"

vitality (though it is reallythe indispensable
influence of a new
life by oxygen) a large number
That
of birth.
dying in the first month
serious danger
more
Friday time is a much
"

than

battlefield

or

most

attacks

of fever h

rightlytreated.
The

exterior

lifeis then

at

its

beginning

or

at
Sunday period,a period of great weakness
first,handicapped by the sudden loss of support
Thus
from maternal
haustion
vitality.
great exis precipitated
great weakness
upon
and nothing but the tenderest
care
keeps half
the infants alive through the first five years.
through life at
Why this should reappear

60

the

fullyexplain
is

there

of tte montk,

day

same

present, but

at

law

common

fever

Hay
and

many

liable to

are

catmot

know

we

that

ease.
periodicityin disturns
punctual in its re-

is very
other
constitutional
All

recurrence.

recognize the

is to

of

science

law

as

fact"

we
a

tions
affecdo

can

fact

that

all worlds.
governs
life gets through its Friday
internal
The
period and Saturday period in 104 days and
in the third
dawn

to

had
In

been

where

months

time
internal

or

to

comes

the

day
Fri-

life,while

the

days,

260

even

the external

life has

gained substantial
strength
periods,Monday, Tuesday and

its best

This

Wednesday.
infant

critical

must

breast

learn
To

to

when
must

rely on

the
cease

other

support
and

food

"

continue

nursing longer
than
nine months
is to overtax
the mother,
especiallyif she has any labor, and by sympathy
injure the child. Neither gestationnor
into the Friday period with
run
nursing can
law
impunity. The nine month
or
Friday
law must
be obeyed.
a

We

may

drops

us

weans

does

change.

time

is the

the mother's

from

the

begins
Sunday, intelligence
only rest and growth

or

observed.

nine

from

month

infer that
and

us

it

come

at

the

our
cause

at

first when

our

second
is

regularlyat
61

mother

Friday period she

sufficient, but why
that

time ?

Sunday birtk anniyersaries

with Friday anniYersaries
the loss

from

periods are
and

rest

of

mother.

of exhaustioo

Hence

birth

our

auspicious,but requirecare,
should
birthdays
protection,and
not

with

celebrated

be

ated
be associ-

must

extravagance
be pleasant, social occasions, to
but should
of friendship and
receive
marks
aflFection,
never

any

and
revelry, or exposure
avoiding drunken
catching cold.
tered
Like other
unlucky times it should be shelby all possibleprudence and friendship.
for the vital
It is no time for bold enterprises,
force is not well sustained, according to periodic
law.

period of gestationor intra-uterine life

from
the maternal
period of benevolence

The

is

the foundation

constitution, in which
is laid.

The

elephant

has

of

almost

gevity
lontwo

years of suckling
infancy and his constitution is so built up that
lived
in longevity. Short
he even
exceeds
man
years

of

animals

gestationand

have

short

two

periodsof gestation

like the
very prolific,
is not.

are

It is with
which
at

the

human
are

life as

rabbit, which
with

in their most

62

the elephant

human

prises,
enter-

delicate

beginnings,and probably
but
of periodicity,
laws
human
tested.
I have
not
practically
this republic the human
to

their

and

stage
follow

may

that
Yet

question
erence
in ref-

law

has

been

and

20th

will

be

again

verified

early in tbt

century.

The
vital

practicalinference
periodicityis that
careful

of life

of

we

health

our

the

study

should

be

from

in

the 40th

of
tremely
ex-

year

forty-firstfor it is the
after conception and
in the third
forty-first
months
the Friday period
and fourth
after
of the year"
that is" beginning three months
ing
later,and lasting 52 days" the worst
day beabout
the beginning of
the 134th
from
Friday time of our external life. Thus our
at the three
Friday vital deficiencyreappears
later than the Friday time of our
months
ternal
extor
relations
or
sun
periods and runs
52 days.
Having arrived at this conclusion
by periodicity
for myself I learned that it was
firmed
conthus
periodicity
by astrology and
and
dition
conastrology put me in an unfavoraWe
in
IXecember
and
1896-7,
January
I am
which
now
verifyingin great debility
but taking great care.
the Sunday
Thus
as
period of day life,which with me commences
Dec. 11, is handicapped by the arrival at the
time
of the Friday period of internal
same
life" it must
ing
requireespecialcaution in avoidor
heavy taxation.
exposure
as

well

as

the

"

"

The
months

reader

will understand

difference between

that
exterior

periods correspond nearly

to

the

three

and

ior
inter-

two

8C|^

timal

periods of the year, which enables the

first day of the vital Friday to correspond to
the first exterior Sunday and its last to reach
the exterior Monday.
Another
and
are

valuable

inference

the vernal

critical

lassitude

equinox
periods like

of

is that

sunrise

or
our

birth

sunrise

of the

year

days.

The

the vernal

equinox is sometimes
jocoselycalled the spring fever,and suggests
the
idea of taking a short fast to help the
constitution.

great hygienic importance

I attach

to

the

suggestion of protecting our early morning

hours.
As the evening and afternoon
periods,
lation
dating from the originof life have a closer reto vitalityand
longevity,they deserve
more

may

attention
say

that
and

night work.

in

that

respect.

early morning
ultimatelymore
I do

believe

not

work

Hence

is

more

we
hausting
ex-

injurious than
that

indoor

cupations
oc-

midnight or later are so

unfavorable
to fifeas occupations that
begin
before sunrise.
Night occupations require the
influences which
"exclusion of outside
depend
of the sun
the course
and
on
early morning
be protected from
the
occupations should
earlymorningfogs and malaria and especially
should
from earlymorning hunger. Breakfast
of
fruits
consist
or
coarse
vegetables and
exhaustion
breakfast
bread.
before
Hungry
in some
be opposed by the custom
counmav
running

to

64

tries of

having tea at six and a supper at nine.

A similar object is attained
stantial
by having a subdinner quite late, from
five to nine.
The tendency of the fashion has been to make
the dinner
of

and

more

twelve

hours

between

nourishment

morning

late.

more

interval

An

the

evening

and

is too

long.*
In the Friday period of long life,
70 to 84,
(especially82-83) there is a partial protection
in the fact that

the

vital period

Wednesday

is present.
It

also

mrmths

of

the

year

months.

The
to

more

at

in the

the

nine

but

beginning of

unfavorable

in

period is

nine months

appear

41st

vital

in reference to health

day period, not

the

Hence
as

may

the

as

earlier that

evil time
in the

follows

Friday months

months

year

its

of

day

beginning of

the

year

and
to

be

may

as

relations

external

earlier.

months

respects

Friday

the

earlier than

the 41st

some

nine

Friday
life

the

late
re-

day
Fri-

persona]

conditions.

would
*We
advise everybody
the two
meal
to cultivate
plan
a day
"breakfast
and
dinner
about
9 A. M.
ever
at 5 to 6 P. M.
giving, whenit is possible, preference
to a meatless
diet, consisting of unf ired
fruits and vegetables, according
with good coarse
to the
bread;
season,
than
such food is more
nourishing; it gives strength as its vitality has
been destroyed by cooking.
not
"

65

FORTNIGHTLY

7-THE

Chap

OP
liYCt

Long

require
mle

short

progress,

but

The

scale

long
tnnmal
period"
80

to

The

82"

experience"
our

Any
41st

best

in

99

When

"

The

winter

long

scale

Lessons

from

do

not

improvement

real

earthly
after

begins"
The

77"

corresponds
of

and

affairs^

external

decline

tables

tbe

suppress

The

lon^
to

ao-

crisis

nmyersal

mortality"

Death

friend.

failure
year,

cycle

decline
to

but

rule

longer

Second

"

LIFE.

LONG

PERIODS

to

which

realize

some

rarely

adversity in

occurs"

may

have

the
an

explanation aside from interference of others

referringto distant
or
astrological reasons
forced on
in
attention
periods. It was
my
A. and
ascribed
the
of Judge
to
the case
which
him
strength of his constitution
gave
tiny
a
long life. This led me to consider the deswho
of those
two
cycles. If we
occupy
ing
the septimal division of a life attainconsider
dred
two
cyclesa life of ninety-eightor a hunit leads to an
important principle
years,
which
overlooked, supposing
at first I had
be an
the second
improvement on
cyclewould
is an
the first,as
improvement
on
Monday
Sunday, and if the second cycle leads to the
fest,
higher world the great improvement is maniof earth
extension
but if it is merely an
the entire life as
it requiresus to consider
life,
66

to seventy being the autumnal

Thursday or fifty-six
the
period compared to a year, when
harvest
be gathered, and
should
nature
as
has no'new
achievements
or
growths we can

but

hold

it.

At

to

on

and

harvest

our

take

of

care

seventy the cool

period or Friday
eighty-four" nature

gins,
be-

no
extending to
of life is
forces" the sun
longer builds up new
withdrawing from us, passing the autumnal
The
equinox.
fieryardor of youth is gone.
The energiesexhausted
by any labor have no

winter

foundation

to

approaching

comes
oppressive to the old but beclines.
spiritualas earthly vitalitydeof vitality
be proremnant
must
tected

more

Our
or

it will

precedesthe
a

upon

the

"

cold

is

my^ condition
are

draw

be

soon

exhausted"

The

now.

external

decline

decline,and

of

is

each

vitality

birth

dates

critical time.

Friday period,70 to 84, brings its sixth

crisis from eightyto eighty-two as eighty-two
is the seventh
to eighty-four
or
Saturday end,
for in the long life calculation
we
go by fourThe

Hence

teens.

my

in my

own

case,

Friday period,seventy
in 1884

in my

to

1898

and

and

days prior to

four
Dec.

"

of

comes

not

hence

to

its crisis
in the

As

long life,the
fifty-two but
from

104

11th, 1896, would

68

in 1814,

rives
eighty-four,ar-

present, eighty-secondyear.

fortnightlycalculation
be
timal periods would
hundred

to

bom

to

be

sepone

208
my

extend from
period, which would
May
I have
to Aug. 29, which
fullyverified. It
dark
a
ent
period of financial trouble, incipiparalysisand a little discord, and I realized
life devotedf.to scienlittle sympathy
tific
a

worst

20
was

how

truth
world

and

receives

how

from

desirable

the
a

mankind

of this

home

higher

has

become.
I may

have

urday
pass through this crisis into the Satend of the fourteen
period, but I
year

day
expectation of completing the Saturperiod, as the Friday period has nearly
no

exhausted

me,

unless

my

reinforcement

from

should
be truly marvelous.
higher world
I realize daily that
sustaining me,
they are
when
and their responsive sounds
I lie down,
I write or think anything that
when
or
ially
specof guardianship.
me
pleases them assures
that too that writing this little
They tell me
book
was
a wise
undertaking, as it is not too
life. The
far from
common
Saturday end,
the

1896

the

to

1898,

summer,

has

its favorable

which

sustain

may

vital

time

in

through

me

the year.

Certainly this fortnightly view of a double

cycle or fullydeveloped life corresponds with
few
the usual
experience of mankind
very
have
much
Neither
marck
Bisafter eighty.
energy
Gladstone
their country^s leaders.
or
are
"

Life

is in its most

critical
69

time

at

birth

but

improTes

ten

have

years

The

prospect

and

Northampton
The
from

and

mean

the
a

those

better

fourteen

and

that

much

just bom.
ten

so

seven

years
table.

of

half years,

little over

table
the

by

seventy years
officer

twenty

increased

Carlisle

months

of life at

duration

reports

the

those

than

of life has

by

lived to

have

prospect

month

one

who

the

is

eight

first half

of

Friday period. At eighty it is four and

beyond
three-quarters years, a few months
the end of the Friday period. At ninety it is
third.
and
Thus
two
at the begina
ning
years
of our
Friday period we may expect to
realize seventeen
twenth-eighths of the period,
if
live
but
ten
we
longer may
years
reach
the end of it.
In the decimal
periods,
from
ten years
onward, the viabilityor prospect
of life decreases
with
some
regularity.
Thus
if at the age of ten there is a probability
of living fiftyyears
longer, at the age of
should
we
expect only forty-two
twenty
force or
The
more.
reserve
possible
years
at
as
longevity, which
twenty is estimated
good for forty-two years, declines so that
at the beginning of the Friday period,at the
of seventy, the viability is only eight
age
and a half" thus life continually declines
years
from
its first full development.
It rises to its
in the first three periods,which
maximum
are
the

the

most

favorable

of
70

all,and

declines

until

it is exhausted.
those
a

who

much

who

attained

have

history of
has

man

progress

in wisdom,

advanced

as

to

the

eternal

an

it is

cycle,though
a

an

survived.

not

is the

life. But

is

that

shows

age had
greater original vitalitythan those

have

Such

the table

But

periods of earth
life,and

ond
sec-

to

the earth

life" an

increase

decline

his eternal

the

as

in the

development of his soul, in

the control of his passions,and if he has lived
rightly,in the maturity of his happiness. He
then be ready to depart at the end of
should
his century
some

The

to

the

grand work
angel of death

better
for

life unless

humanity

to

has

complete.

is his best friend.

7t

he

Chap.
LIFE

Periodicity
Earthly

is

evolution,

ruled

from

of

above

possibility"
spirit and the
Heaven

to a
progress
life help the

from

away

is not

New

"

or

^misfortunes

snatched

are

INFLUENCES.

PARENTAL

AND

snatched

sun
comes

earth

as

"

of
and

stmset

recedes

"

Great

"

sources

and

career-

life" We

life

away

and

Sunrise

higher
higher

mismanaged

aspects
"

IMMORTAL

OP

8-PERIODICITY

life

life

life,

the

nox
equi-

the

life year

Barth

period" Life at
lifethe equator"
The
calendar
sun
Showing
year
Statistics
of suicide
illustrate
periodicity" External
nature"
Very interesting
periods belong to the animal
and
in climates
statistics"
of
cold
heat
Philosophy
Life from
life" Wondiffers from
derful
the spirit world
sun
relations
of the two
lives explained" Practical

"December

8 to

January

29

its dark
"

"

inference"
the
the

Effect

from

Lessons

jollynight time
night.
of
marriage at
of

parents

"

and

the

The

proper

different

ages

bedtime"
of

of

Cause

forces"

two

of

Dangers

offspring"

tions
Rela-

offspring.

The

life in
mortal
periodicitythat surveys
fourteen
the
is not
or
periods of seven
years
whole
periodicity of man.
The
fundamental
ity
conception of periodicis evolution

variation

and

or

continual

subsidence

as

of commencement

in wave-like

tion"Sundays
mo-

continually

well
receiving for new
as
progress
and
full of Mondays
and
Fridays.
and
Tuesday the crest of the wave
the valley between
waves.
72

with

progress

the

as

"

use

Monday
Friday

The

98

earthly career
by
the

whole
the two

That

careers

which

to

be

the

when

begins and
that

life is toward

sphereof progression
widely differ.

in

of

misfortune

the

is

breaking it down,
and
higher career,

considered

an

powered
over-

But

highercareer

seems

earthly career,

when

influences.

adverse
a

its end

to

of
progress
in another

higher career
and

periods represent

14

coming

is ended

career

the

in

years

one

duction
intro-

an

fore
there-

may

blessing.

sense

the

The

earth fades from

sickness in which
our
sight is the dawning of a higher life,an easy
transfer.
be compared to the decay
It may
and

bursting the

which

enables

the

seed

plant

developesits flower"

and

on

goes

in

to

yes

and
a

ground
sunshine

reach

it falls in frost to

as

cold

the

that

plant
ual
higherspirit-

life.
The
the
our

ment
cycleI regarded as an improvebut
the first by the law of progress,
on
second
cycleleads to death and diminishes
capacitiesfor earth life. In the earthly

view
but

second

it may
in

unfortunate

larger view it is

unfoldment

or

approach

the

advance

of
law"

toil to

of

as

decline

"

ment
higher develop-

wisdom

and

nearer

highestlife.
decline of the earthly being the
is the conthe heavenly, progress
tinual
from the things of earth m battle
thingsof heaven in peace and joy.

to

Thus

and

seem

our

73

ot
struggles

I'he convtilsiTe

angel
a

of death

lifeblessed

world

has

and

does

toils

earth

Hie,for animal

might come
humanity which

of

be snatched

to

until
as

limit.

normal

the

away
end of

normal

well

as

Yet

it would

vegetable life
seem

ampler development of
might, like the trees of a
panded
deep rooted in earth, and exyears
the sky live through the centuries.

there

thousand
to

an

TWO

has

LIVES.

lives,temporal and eternal

rather two
aspects of life.
the other invisible. One is illuminated
One is visible,
the other by
by the visible sun"
Man

or

the beneYolent

out

ns

need

not

earthly
a

lease
re-

but
suflFering,
by closer relations to the higher
more
pleasant and healthful progress
takes

from

has

and

promptly,

more

as

eartli life

the invisible
The

in

in its absence.

by

sunrise

vernal

the

spirit.
flourishes

one

declines

two

and

and

the

Its two
sunset

autumnal

sunshine
halves

and
are

vided
di-

in each

day" by

equinox

in each

year.
The

life comes

invisible

in

as

the visible declines.

overhangs the hours of darkness

earth, and
on
occupies the "night-side of
arches
the wintry half of
It over
Nature."
It

the

year.

It

life

recedes, and

comes

nearer

when

the
74

as

the

terrestrial

terrestrial life is

is

there

But

nearly with
properly at
As

the

calendar

our

by

count

may

is six

convenience, which

and

deduct

six

the

ponds
corresas

year,
Dec. 25, the winter
difference of a few day sis not
we

for

life which

of

view

it begins

solstice.

portant,
very imcalendar
year

days

in

advance,

Sunday" to Feb. 21.

Monday" to April14.
Tuesday" June 5.
Wednesday" July 27.
Thursday" Sept. 17.
Friday" Nov. 8.
Saturday" Dec. 31.
the

At

there

equator

no

division of the

into terrestrial and

year

is all terrestrial,and
from
day lifeis in its

It
spiritualhalves.
the only spiritualrelief
nights,which vary little

the half of 24 hours.

from

This

indicates

tropicalregions
of

is

the

animal

fullness

of

animal

life in

and

probable predominance
is certainlyrealized
nature, which

in Central

islands,but this
superior nervous

Africa
may

the

be

and

in

some

counteracted

cannibal

by

the

mates"makin
susceptibilityof hot clinightlyvisits of spiritual

beings more
The

easy.
effects
of
evil

in the lowlands

and

tropicalclimates
not

further
are
principles
of suicide,crime
periodicity

These
the

appear
in the mountains.

76

illustrated
and

by
insanity.

SUICIDAI^
The

statistics of suicide in San

given by the Health

1896, correspond with

as

of

the

Francisco,
Department reports
law

the

this calculation

For
be

PERIODICITY.

of

which

city.
periodi-

relates

condition
of man,
the year
spiritual
regarded as beginning at the winter
of the higher powers,
return
or
Dec.

the

as

first of

of the

birth

January, which
first six

The

ancient

25, which

is six

months

to

or

"

days

the

may

stice,
solginning
be-

nations

year

to

brated
celethe

on

later.
of

end

June
half periods,

correspond to three and a

Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and the first half
This is the whole
favorable
of Wednesday.
half of the vital period. The
second
six
months
from June to January, would
pond
corresday
to the unfavorable
half,Thursday, Friand
the
last half of
Saturday, with
Wednesday.
would

first or

The

vital half had

favorable

suicides

and

the

second

but

half

ty-eight
fifhad

thus the animal

ninety-four,
spiritsrise as the
is approaching and fall as it goes
sun
away.
In

last three

the

ends, the

the

sun

from
three

of

far away
forty-six,but when

sun

were

began,

has

months

mpnths

gone

the

year

and
the

the

it
cides
sui-

new

year
suicides decreased

coming north, the

forty-six to eighteen
being twice as evil as
"

77

as

the

last

the

first

three.
half

Friday and

times

The

evil

as

Saturday

were

Sunday

and

as

beginning is far
it is in human

So

eight years or
of a long
and Saturday
The

life.

Monday.
the

than

better

and

two

ending.

first twentyday
fortnightlySunday and Mon-

life are

far

superiorto Friday

70 to 98.

or

life seem

material

periodsof

external

The

to

belong to the animal nature, as the internal

vital periods belong to the spiritualnaor
ture,
and
Ens[lish statistics published by Dr.
Laycock of the York
Dispensary, confirm
of
number
this, as they show the maximum
suicides in

from

deaths
their

drunkenness

maximum
The
in

persons

minimum

summer,

cases

minimum
in summer,
in winter.
of insanity reached
their maximum

their

reached

of

period

the
for

in

it seems

flourishes
sun,

also

But

in winter

makes

animal
of
that
under

in

Temperate

Zone

as

have

in

deaths
the

in

June,

the

drawal
with-

it

a
an

Belgian

the animal

more

the

more

nations,

against

shows

life and

it overpowers
of interior life. This

the

in December

maximum

January.

sun

number
Thus

reached

London

at

June and July,their minimum

The
and
crimes
January,

their minimum

The

in winter.

patronage
the
seems

of

day
Fricreased
intistics.
sta-

ture
na-

the

ture
spiritualna-

to

be verified

people of the North

generallya higher mor-

the

78

and
haye
the tropics,
alitythan those nearer
conquered them in conflict. The Greenlanders
contrast
.fayorablywith the people of Dahoity
the vilest specimens of humanme
seem
J, who
ior
the world
has ever
produced, vastly inferthe

to

and

Swedes

of

Kaffirs

Africa, and

Norwegians

the Italians"

with

South

favorably
the English.
pents
poisonous ser-

compare
with
Scotch

the

tigers,lions and
tropicalregionswhich

The

of
a

loss of life in India, have

in northern

the

climes,and

cannibals

Pacific

of

the

cause

great

so

correspondence
Thugs of India and
no

islands

have

ogues
anal-

no

in the north.
The

climates
health

luxury and

bom

sun

less

seem

the

than

climates.

The

and

crime

and

around

of

favorable

wintry

ancient

virtue

to

influence

and

of northern

mass

of

Europe

was

greatest

the

influence of hot

corruption
in

Rome

in

Mediterranean"

Spain and
Bonaparte,

of Africa.
Barbary, Coast
the Great
Hannibal, Alexander
Caesar, Scipio,
and
the Roman
Emperors belonged to that
em
region" so did the warlike Jews and the modthe

Turks.
Heat

is essential to animal

is destructive
animal

force.

like all other

moisture

promote

with

water.

excess

manifestations

effects

Its worst

in combination

but in
life,

are

of

produced

Warmth

and

putrefactionand malaria,
79

fevers.

originatingmalignant
decomposition
Where

warmth

is

Whatever

unfriendly

moisture

and

produces a negative
is common
to
life,which
and

favors

days

after

Diseases

suicide.
rains.

Life is

motes
pro-

life.

to

abound,
oration
evapcondition
hausting
exin

summer

increase

more

few

vigorous

and

retains the
dry atmosphere which
warmth
and
electricityof the body, which
guor
water
rapidly conducts
producing lanaway
moisture
and
and debility. Heat
bined
comcold
climate
A
produce sunstroke.
by freezingout the
protects the constitution
of the atmosphere thus protecting u"
water
against a debilitatinginfluence and acting as
tonic which
stimulates^us to breathe deeply.

active in

Thus

perceivewhy cool climates, frosty

nights and mountain
heights are beneficial to
sustain the spiritualnature
life and
which
is
life. The
highest development of humanity
is in the mountains.
Switzerland
and Norway
lead in Europe and Scotland
in Great
Britain.
The AUeghanies and
Rocky mountain
region
and
river
coasts
are
superior to the sea
valleys.
Of

we

two

our

earth"

the

lives

other

from

by food, air

they

are

necessary.

is drawn

one

heaven.

and
The

sunshine
other

the

from
One

is

tained
sus-

long

as

comes

as

from

80

Digiflzedby

the

fountain

great
human

the

One

has

to

comes

which

that

shows

invigorates

through

us

is transient, the

science

Prenatal
force

It

race.

parents.

life which

of

other

eternal.

interior

the

our

vital

the spirit world

originated from
periods from the exterior or sun

different

force.
life force, which

The

its

reaches

minimum

birth

or

upon

exterior

to

sunrise.

Birth

it.

life and

or

entrance

sunshine

The

approach
an
approach of day
of life from
dependence,

the

conception,
Friday period at

or

before

just

from

dates

corresponds
of birth being like
unfortunte

"

life to

on

fer
trans-

ence
depend-

food.

on

Consequently the life force is to the day

force
two
as
Friday to Sunday
periods in
its year.
The
rily
beginning of the day is necessathe low period of the life force,for lifehas
the 12 hours
been inactive in the night, and
six or
at
seven
night to six or
pasty from
a.m.
seven
produces a lowering of vital force.
"

rising.

on

coffee with

lemon

restorative

the wife

When
and

prepare

unduly

taxed.

that

It

be taken

was

off* fevers

ward

to

has

should

the breakfast

Hence

in bed
effect
rises

the liver.

early

to

for the

Hygienic

the fire should

81

in Louisiana

custom

by taking a cup of
which
before rising,

on

breakfast

ately
immedi-

wisdom
be

make

the

family
would

fire

she

is

gest
sug-

prepared at night,

needing only a match to start it in the morning. The breakfast too should be prepared
and
placed on the table at night, so that a
the coffee,
lamp could in a few minutes warm
in the morning.
tea or cocoa
Morning tasks
tutions.
on
risingare Tcrj injuriousto delicate constiThe
lamp chimnej with a cross
a pair of scissors
(sold in the shops ) or even
effectual for the little
its top is sometimes
cooking of a small family. But good food is
on

necessary

yery

in the

morning"

substantial

breakfast.
theyital

As

hours

follow the

periods behind, this fact

which
lighton periodicity

day hours two

gives us the new
I hare recentlydis-

coTcred.
The

d"j
half

from

force

is in its

past nine

to

maximum

Monday

one,

this is

but

only

The
Saturday period of the life force.
to half past
Tuesday period again, from one
four is but the Sunday period of the life force,
and
its Monday
4.20
period begins about
"its
and
ing
Tuesday periods reachMonday

the

to

half past eleven

p.

m.

vital

more
periods become
important
in proportion as the day force declines in its
life and I have
Friday periods or in advanced
latelyrealized it. As my day force or earth

These

life has

declined

in advanced

rely on the life force

tn^yextremely weak

and

and
82

find

age

I have

myself

unfit

to

accord-

for any

duty

It

the

IS

cotnraoti

people that
the

habits

our

indicates"

sun

slacken

end

and

impressiotiof pmdent
should
be regulated as

that

in the

should

labors

our

the

afternoon,

night

and
given to refreshingsociety or amusement
an
early retirement, very little beyond eight,
later later than
nine, which is the average
never
end of the Wednesday
period. Eleven
and
it
late hour,
a very
thirty is considered
is, for it reaches the Friday limit of the day
force
and
all after night is in the declining
sary
Thursday period. Early retirement is necesfor

Nine

the
for

the

life has

no

been

is

not

strong

tality.
vi-

judiciouslimit to protect
day force, but a great many
disregard it
terior
inthe reasons
have
an
given that we
life force which
us
beyond
carry
may
dowed
sun
limits,and those who are largely enwith
it may
indulge in nocturnal
o'clock

hours, but

one

he

five.

should

Nor

limits

of

the

weakness
to

of
bed

at

should

weakened

whatever

go

have

who

those

may

do

by

have

its

done

this

in whom

Friday periods,
under

twenty-

beyond the
day force for they are in the
the Sunday
period and should
eight and not rise earlier than
children

ever

go

seven.

These
the

dangers of
if
revelry of the profligateeven
and sensualityare
excluded, for

principlesshow

nocturnal

intemperance

84

us

the

and

tion

time

night is not fit for ac*

tion.
given to rest and restora-

be

must

The

the

of

the latter half

bom

sun

power
midnight and

at

day
its Fri-

to

comes

the vital

or

spirit

ter
sunrise, consequently the hours afmidnight are the feeblest of all and these

power

cholera

this is the time

those

who

occur

when

sleep too

unwholesome
built

The

patient.

morning
of

disease

when

hours

are
a

at

houses

invades

and

reveals

tacks
majority of the atafter midnight and

malaria

takes

eflPect on

the

ground or in
and when
flimsily
apartments
fore
expose the sleeperto a chill benear

he rises.

Prenatal
The

relation

of

Periodicity.

parents and

offspringruns
septimal periods.

through several
before
birth we
our
Counting backwards
find seven
years of Saturday in which
ation
procreis
impossible.
by a parent
Then
seven
years of Friday period presents
of age
in which
7 to 14 years
procreation
should
be allowed
not
though quite possible
in warm
A Friday relation
climates.
is unfortunate
and
does not
give the energy necessary
to proper
development. The feebleness
is probably due to their
of the Hindoo
race
very earlymarriages.
85

21 in the

parent is a Thursday
Such parents are
better than
relation to ns.
the strength
the Friday class but have
not
for the parental office.
maturity and wisdom
the offspringof very early marriBut
ages
in a very friendlyMonday
day
Tuesare
or
From

14

to

relation

to

parents

and

disposed to

be

amiable.

older

But

and

children

parents
are

more

produce

energetic

more

competent

to

take

care

of them.

Wednesday period, 21 to 28, is one of

equilibriumin the moral and physicalenergies
is the Monday
But
"so
period, 35 to 42.
than geniality
these periodsgive more
energy
in the offspring. They are harder
to govern
The

but

receive

and

considerate

and

considerate

parents.

the

or

Older

be self
may
oldest children

law

advantage
The

of

care
men

mature
are

kind

to

the children

first born
and

affectionate

children and young

young
the wives sometimes
neglect them

wives, but
and

the

of

willed, hence
are

the

the

favorites

primogeniture gives them

an

in inheritance.

common

with

experienceof mankind
these principles.

86

responds
cor-

Chap.
The

9-YEAR

day

hours,

AND
the

week

COMPARED.

DAY

days

and

the

Tisions

yearly diday explained"

seyen

of the
All hours
compared"
of morning
Calculations
rest"
Importance
to the year
and my
own
experience*

If

the

take

we

of a day,
progress
the septimal
under
to

Thus
A.

M.

of a
progress
in the external

applied

or

to

will

we
our

3 hours

law,
and

26

find
as

its

progress

follows, the

life,

sun

division, the results

universal
experience.
let the day begin on
an
average

and

the

or

year

pond
corres-

at

ponds
corres-

periods

ing
be-

minutes.

6 to 9:26.
Sunday"
to 12:52.
Monday"
Tuesday" to 4:18.
to 7:44.
Wednesday"
11:10.
Thursday"
Friday" to 2:36.
Saturday" to 6.
The
first morning
hours
not
are
vigorous,
they are for preparation of food and dress with
Delicate
constitutions
youthful freshness.
feeble in the morning
are
hours, but acquire
the
strength after
digestion of breakfast.
Early rising is not beneficial to the delicate.
The
atmosphere needs the vitalizinginfluence
of the sun,
and
dispersion of fogs and ma-

87

Inria.

nine

From

to

is tke

one

Monday

the
greatest eflSciencj,

period of
period, the

noon
giving its best service. The afteror
Tuesday is not quite equal to the
is often opfor business, and the sun
forenoon
pressive
The
in warm
weather.
Wednesday
period from four to eight is less favorable and
is then

"tin

is

M.

p.

proper

then

time

stop, the
its support.
Prom
to

is

sun

8 to
withdrawing
11, the Thursday period, fatigue is the rule,
the sun
no
longer stimulates and the malaria
is settling,
need the protectionof a roof,
we
and
the refreshinginfluence
of society and
This corresponds to the Thursday
amusement.
autumnal
period of the year and the
from fifty-six
to 70,
Thursday decline of life,

when

we

realize the need

of rest

from

ous
ardu-

duties.
At

11

the

is far gone,

sun

pensible,the

weather

more

abundant"

this

when

the utmost

care

colder

shelter
and

is indismalaria

begins the Friday period,

when
all occupation must
be suspended,
and every protectionbrought around
us, and
day
corresponds to the winter, which is the Friperiod of the year and to the cool old
70 to 84, the Friday period of life,
age from
and

abundant

rest

come
be-

necessary.

The

midnight

hours

the profunfriendly;
ligate,
the thief,the burglar and assassin are
abroad
and good people are
The
at home.
are

88

is
nurses
night service of physicians and
and it is
doubly taxing to the constitution
recorded
that the officer in Spain who
sought
the heat of the day by marching his
to escape
their mortality.
at night increased
men
the
be
In
our
Friday years
spiritmay
izing.
realnow
strong bnt the body is not, as I am
So in the
be

Friday

hours

rest, the
cipated in visions and
devoted

to

of

night, which
be
spiritmay
our

guanlian

be near.
may
But
the succeedingperiod is

more

must
etnan-

anj"tl

hojM lul,

period of ni^ht,from 3 to 6, is
a
more
spiritualperiod. It corresponds to
the ante-natal
lie is maa
new
turing
period when
the protectivelove of a mother
and
is developing it. So in the earlv hours a new
life is coming in the body for it has grown
and is growing, the blood
has become
fied
purithe

Saturday

and
excreta

the stock
are

has recovered
when

ready
from

of oxygen
assimilated, the
for removal
and the brain

fatigue.

Now

receive the influx from

is the time

gels
guardian anand the universal
element
of nature,
spiritual
and visions or presentiments revealing
If we
often granted.
the truth are
of a
are
invisible
friends
our
spiritualtemperament
often make
their presence sensible by sounds
or
perhaps respond to our thoughts; thus the
life approaches that is born at sunrise.
new
we

89

The

ante-nata!

three hours

ought

of life,
a
and

be sacred

to

great deal of

period of

weakest
The

common

have
rest

vital view

the

by

the

to

much

their

and

by long

as

constitutions

are

brought

age
This

on,

is

lesson

forced
en-

is the

that

sunrise

hours

in natural

tality.
vi-

kind
experienceof mantaught all judiciouspeople to give
Thursday hours of the day and to

of

years

only the Friday

sun

and
life,

hours

of the

season

the

are
duced
propower
before day break,

and

sense

theThursdav

when

the 24

ation
restor-

tion
exhaus-

farmers

brain.

of

feebleness

the

to

nervous

great loss of brain

or
by risingat dawn
it is practicedby many
as
as
wives, it is in this way
that
hours and night work
and
exhausted
premature

with

sttnrise for

period before

is

of

year,

to

protect

not

day
night but the Frithe pitiless
winter
and

withdrawn,

cence
benefi-

the

of nature

suspended.
the renovating power
of nature
|fc When
suspended in the winter period of human
we
approach the end of the year or the end

is
life

of

life.
There
before

is then

beginning, when

foundation
This

may

is laid of
come

between

42

does

many,

to

brief interval, the

and

at

new

the end

49, and
the

new

90

in

ending
Saturday the

life,
a

new

career.

of the first

if it

comes

lifeof the

cycle,

then

second

as

it
cy-

and

migHt haye been a distingnishedperiod

if I had pursued it with energy.
My ^Thursdayperiod, from 1870 to 1884,
had no satisfactory
tunes
financial misforsuccess,
had
to be
came
in, collegiateschemes
abandoned, my publications had but modererate

success.

Friday period,from

In my

finances

dwindled

to

way

from

proper

spinal

my

poverty,

my

constitution

my

atmospheric malaria,

and

exhaustion

the

as

quence
conse-

for
I was
fall,in an evil year.
than half my
years not capable of more
of

some

vital

and

1898,

to

toward

down

giftedwife passed away,

gave
and

1884

labor.

resisted all and

Yet

kept

up

to

my

mental

writing

surprisingextent,
with such vigor that
a

Whether

the aid of science I

with

it was

and

called robust

resist the

I cstn

decline many

questionnow.

92

vigor to
speaking
tality.
vi-

dency
periodicten-

months^isan

urgent

10-PRRIODICITY

Chap.

MONTHS
Concords

rfted to

Rest

work

onr

is

week

How

days"

onr

yonr
and
who

yon

they

are

of

marriage"

wives

and

of husbands

study

and

women

brain

human

sciBNCB

TRUB

what

to

men

young

THB

avoid, and

BRAIN,
a

labor

or

exertion

mysterious
chief"How
mis-

applied

compile

"

young

to

tion
ques-

wives-

guide in the

sure

brief synopsis
showing what

wonderful

which

monize
har-

senioi^"Relations

According to tHc septimal law

day period produces a degree of
by

make

laws

and
"

Onr

for husbands.
A

explained.
OP

and

men

Aid vices

ot character"

they

discussed

Old

requiring study"
Mature

junior

will

fanlt"

The

our

one
every
and
days-

who

find

How
"

find

to

show

to

will

overcome

Relations

How

years,
associates"

antipathies"

Friday

Septixnal law
apFriday-^

months

in

match

to

we

Table

"

riage.
Mar-

of

all observe

discoTery"

Coinciding

"

with

and

Do

his birthday

The

Friday"

on

Friday"
days and Fndajs

When

Laws

discords"

fable"

DAYS,

YEARS.

AND

and

Genesis

The

OF

makes

secret

every

of

thb

to

scek

for

terity.
pos-

seven

exhaustion
rest

neces^

sary.

The

old

fable

of Genesis, which

the

church

early centuries regarded as an allegory

fable
but
more
dogmatic,
becoming
or
accepted as history, represented God as being
SaturFriday as to rest on
so
fatigued on
made
therefore
a Sabbath.
day, which was
in the

93

But

it would

be

reasonable

more

to

rest

on

Friday, the day of fatigue on which we are

less qualifiedto gain success
in anything. I
therefore

advise

and

avoid

body

all to

take

all risks

rest

and

for soul

heavy

and

ibilities
respons-

on
enterprisesor exposures
their Friday days, Friday months
and Friday
but
of energetic forefrom
thought,
want
years;
or

new

double

expecting to pass
Friday from
seventy

allowed

have

recording

my

through my
to eighty-four,

great responsibilitiesin
scientific discoveries to accumulate
my

in its most
period,and now
is the eighty-second
critical portion which
I am
suffering from great prostration
year,
but
unfitted for completing my
work
and am
possiblyable, after passing the eighty-second
have
to
a
slight improvement in the
year
eighty-thirdyear which begins my Saturday.
In applying the septimal laws
to the days
on

of

this

the week,

we

be careful

would

of

course

advise

any
ten
of-

so
principle
verified as
to seem
true, but at length I
and observant
found
have
a
intelligent
very
her
that
lady who maintained
Friday was
best day for action and Tuesday her best day
for rest; this implied that her native week
days did not correspond to the calendar days,
the
and
not
that her Sunday
Friday were
Sunday and Friday of the Calendar.
her best day, her week may
If Friday was

one

to

on

Friday,

94

or
Thursday;
Wednesday
begun on
these
being her first day or Sunday, would
If bom
make
Friday a good day Monday.
be her Monday,
on
Thursday, Friday would
nesday,
Wedand
on
Tuesday her Friday. If bom
be her Tuesday
and
Friday would
Tuesday her Saturday. As she said Tuesday
active
her day for rest, unfit for any
was
bom
she was
day,
Thurson
sure
business, I was
which
make
would
Tuesday her Friday,
Thursday being her Sunday. It is well for
the same
all persons
to use
vigilanceas this
lucky
intelligentlady, to find their lucky and unforced
her
were
days, which
upon
often as
attention
to compel her to
ognize
recso
them^
Looking farther into her case
convinced
I am
that I made
a discovery and
that she was
on
Thursday
actually bom
though she had been told her birthday was
sity
Saturday. This discovery leads to the necesin each
of ascertainingthe week
case
be done
from
the following
day which can
table. To enable one
bad
to select good and
days from the day of his birth, I present the
calculation of the relations of days. He who
is bom
on
Sunday will have his evil day for
rest
on
Friday.
Monday brings its Friday on Saturday.
Tuesday on Sunday.
Wednesday on Monday.
Thursday on Tuesday.

have

95

Friday on Wednesday.
Saturday on Thursday.
Sunday on Friday.
This
infer I

bom

was

told

once

The

and

months

bom

as

from

birth

his

to

birth

as

he

referringto

his years

to

learn

All who

ber
Novem-

and

count

day

same

from

count

evil

years
both
as

Tuesday
Friday, his good
or

take

if you
year

by

days.

year,

not

too

of

good and bad

similarityand

they unite in business in

fortunes,
they intensify their misunfortunate.

are

If you
day
Mon-

whose

good
period corresponds to
one

luck

may

the

lead, when
should
bring some
to

of

if

associate

an

and

certain

day

ascertain

can

same

similar years

adaptability, but

select for

in the

therefore

luck, and

what

on

HarMONY.

AND

born

far apart, have

but

to

the
we

of years

the table

are

he

bom,

was

CoiNCroENCE

let him

date

would

reader

week

their

of his birth.

the year
If the
the

1st

find his actual

; and

year

October

from

19th, but
next

on

months

his year

experience,hence
Sunday and think I was
my

by a psychic.
principle applies in reference to
do not
We
place everyyears.
one
in January,
and
locate
his

so

same

Friday

be

to

seems

manage

save

in yoiu:
96

if you

you

should

you
man

good

your

rest;

in his
year,

lucky
un-

he

spoilyour

may
him

lead

then

There
bom

so

same

the

year,

day.
when
But
days,
they m^y
produce

let

not

his bad

luck.

similarityin

of

harmony

must

you
into

lead you

and

is the

in the

the

success

those
and

month

same

same

and

differ,
beneficent
or
harmony
intolerable
discord
a
requiring
problem
much
I
study fcr each individual, in which
guide him by showing the law.
may
months

years

"

Your

friend

young

fourteen

or

years

is bom

who

seventeen

even

to

seven

later

years

relation
to
yourself is in a beneficent
and predisposed to be friendlyand
may
good. It is well for you to try him
you

than
you

do
and

is

how

see

far the

proper

Of

person.
the periodic law

course

his character
He

you.

be

miseducated,

for you
in your

born

sort

not

change
to

ignorant, diseased,

poor,

otherwise

or

he will be' better

same

does

it effects his relation

though

may

if he

is desirable

relation

unfortunate,

of the

another

than

Friday

but

and

years

months.
When
or

born

woman

right,

seem

He

you.

He

is

relations

in your

Friday

for

is not

others, but
bom

to

be

probably disposed to

and
or

into

enter

you

he may

condemn
prove

an

adverse
97

year,

not

be

find fault, to
and

element

man

all may
right for

blessing for

action

your

with

you.
ure
cens-

character,

by being

engaged in something unpropitious for yoti,

in sympathizing with
or
something that is
discordant
I

for you.

example, that I have found myself

Friday relation with gentlemen of

know,
in

for

merit, to whom
though they

abilityand
repugnance,

intense

an

in

were

many

for

entertained

and

respects superiormen,

I felt

me

degree of esteem, which I could

not
fullyreciprocatethough I respectedthem
real antagonism in our
a
highly. There was
natures, expressed by the old verse:
a

considerable

"*

not
reason

"But

this I know

I do

not

Dr.

whose
and

tell,

1 cannot

why

and

ftdl well"

know

like thee Dr. Fell."

superior women
they were
regard for me, as I had
them

Fell,

and

nature

adverse

date harmonious

and
for

ladies,

three

acquainted with

been

have

like thee

"The

"

I do

had

One

them.

to

my

purposes
had
own

to

my

own,

and

high

were
a

of
eign
for-

monthly

hence

was

life
personally very congenial,though our
other
The
aims
weFC
entirelydiscordant.
with
had life aims
two
entirelyharmonious
ment
mine, making the basis of a strong attachaccount

on

month
that

avoid

dates

were

of their virtues.
so

discordant

But

their

with

mine,
part to

care
on
required much
my
excitingthe little unpleasantness and

it

annoyance

which

comes

98

from

discordant

junioris disposed to

look

be

pleased
generallypartial.
to

Men

which

increases

husbands,
while
their

to

to

whom

men

are

of

look

parents

or

Christ.

women

good

relation.

months

be

older

that

to

If he
not

brings

partialto
if he is

but

his ways

and

he will look

the

small

good
and

matters

look

to

own

is six

you
of

that

age

twelve

even

or

is

objectionable. But
twenty-four months
You

like his
will

that

man

up

epistlesfull
religion,but

little discord.

manners
on

to

women.

inclined to

him

and

to

children

several

enthusiastic

twelve

is from

would

is of your

it is

up
famous

ologians,
by therequired to

as

did write

and
good sense
nothing derogatory

look

look

the

are

they

of

husband

seen

to

to

misinterpreted

as

If your

in

husbands

even

St. Paul

is

Paul

amiability

disposed to

not

their

party,
arrangement,

inclined

are

be

to

senior

the

natural

they

ably,
favor-

sight and

that

to

which

to

up

older

be

This

St.

in

he

to

their

wives.

Epistles

first

submit

women

up,

at

uniformly aim

and

the other

on

if

will

manners

satisfyhim,

differ from
with

yours,
critical eye in

personal

intercourse.

itself
show
this may
not
good man
distinctlybut only negatively. If he is not
itself unpleasantly and
it
good it will show
will requirecare
to please him.
If he is three, four, five,six or seven
years

If he is

100

older that
six

will not
is better

seven

or

in all these

that

so

three

than

if you

four.

or

increases
both

are

But

just mentioned

dates
him

to

discord, but five,

unfavorable

amiability

your

make

his

as

clines,
de-

there

good

is

trouble.

no

older, look
and

he

selfish

eight and

is between

if he

But

out

discord

the

and

his discord

the

to

character

surface

he will

and

oppressive.He
if the
good man
does not
spoil his charm.
Beyond the ninth year,
from

the

not

well

born

itive
pos-

9 year

an

monly
uncom-

relation

older

your

band
hus-

if you

love

him.

the

14th

and

year, he is
should
be

you
till you
affection
your
investigated and tested

you

him

bring

factory
unsatis-

to

cold

strong

be

for you,
eighth to the
for

must

better

But

careful

as

will

somewhat

be

or

is the

is of

if he

years

concord

the

his relation

jealous nature

or

be

will then

^you

"

nine

give
have
thoroughly
very
I do
But
him, for he is in a Friday relation.
will be
not
deny that an
entirelygood man
in a Friday relation, especiallyif
good even
warmly.
you love him
of seniority is a
From
14
42
to
up
years
the older the
good relation for a husband"
better but when
he is tn the forties though he
not

to

loves

you,

must

be cautious.

for you

to

you

be

may

forty

not

love

It is not
years

101

him
a

and

you

good position

younger

than

your

husband,
and

but

flowing

with

him.

if your
fountain
and he is good you
if you
irritated

Yet

disgusted or
do

own,
your
You
are

35

not

42

to

apt

other

the

On

fallingin
in

eight to
win him,
may
sharp and let

nine

man

who

to

to

mature

when
a

lady

years

chose

who

her friends

all

were

it and

than

younger

it

was

him

took

and
you

make

your

herself

accept

interest in

was

then

ried
mar-

devoted

widows

and

husbands

young

at

his

if you

their character.
husband

spicuous
con-

But

and

advise
up

courting

may

an

he

course

I would

to

as

of the

advance.

master

pick

you

good temper
him.
Try

educated

Of

to

woman

satisfied

look

trust

him

happily.
senior, and

his

to

his

you

advise

do his share
and

danger of
is not
really
tion,
Friday relayou

him

him

you

so

I would

had

man,

he is

older, and

years

happiness by pleading
a
Friday fnaster.
of a lady who
I knew
young

in

but

submit

to

are

amiability in

patience or

man

in

you

being

you,

before

wish

his love

make

and

yourself but
sight and so

first

hand

with

accord

with

love.

with

love

than

at

reciprocatehis

may

fall in love

to

you

discord.

older

years

love

likelyto

risk

not

maybe happy
easily annoyed or
nature
foreign to

are

by

is full

of love

I knew

least twenty

(perhaps thirty)
opposed to it, but I approved
match.
a good
103

Men

who

step mothers,

marry

in-law

are

sincere

respect

mothers-

or

generally good husbands, and if

somewhat
henpecked do not mind it,for they
and experience. It
know
how
to respect age
is a good discipline
for a man
to have
a wife
he is compelled to respect, and
rather a bad
wife whom
to have a timid harmless
discipline
with
he can
punity.
imneglect or snub or oppress
If you
have
not
enough self-respect
firmness
and
the
or
judgment to command
alone, unless
in all

But

strength of

of

wish

you

should
you
to be a slave.

man,

make

cases

of the

sure

let him

depth

and

love before you

surrender.
and
his deportment to his mother

Observe
sisters"

man's

if it is not

satisfactory avoid him.

Finally study him psychometrioally" if the
of his letters,
impression you feel frdm one
it is,is not satisfactory,
not
knowing who
let him
The
alone.
psychometric study of
character, and how to train yourselfin studying
"

one

Manual

you
of

woman

have

I of
than
or

in my

advise

course

himself

nine years
if your

or

it.

use

I advise

probable

is shown

seen,

Psychometry, which gives every

riage,
safeguard against mistakes in mar-

if she will
When

not

gentleman
him

of his

own

select
age.

it is

younger,
natures

she will be

to

so

as

to

marriage

one

younger
If she is eight

tion
charming relaare
congenial. It is
agreeable and yielding

103

as

to

spoilyon

of

be authoritative.

to

tempt you

to eighteen years
Any where from one
than yourselfwill be agreeable.
younger
But
beyond eighteen years her affections
will be less intense
there will be less unity,
I
and
if thirty-fiveto forty years
younger
would
recommend
not
her; you will not be
adapted to her nature.
"

If you
with
a
well

are

older.
two

But

reasonable

for women,
would

years

you

four

woman

three

or

and

modest

high regard
marrying a

in

years
one

not

man

do

may
to

seven

recommend

older, and

I would

objectdecidedlyto one nine years older: that

is a discordant
relation,unless you are deeply
in love with
her.
eight
Anywhere between
and
fifteen years of seniorityis quite objectionable.
ent
She will be independent and differIt is
from you
in her plans and wishes.
better beyond fifteen. Even
even
thirtyyears
A
if you lovci
of senioritywill be beneficent
mature
woman
enjoys the life and freshness
of a young
and is disposed to give a
man"
maternal
love, and if she is a well preserved
woman

of
and
But

age.-T^he will
watchful

the

manner

Friday

over

question
For

of

be

will not

you

that

ashamed

be very

of the

trast
con-

faithful in sickness

your welfare.
is also
of months

portant.
im-

regulates the harmonies

and

You
person.
relation in months,
104

should
unless

avoid
you

arc

good enotigh to

later in the year

nine months

over

it.

orercome

ladj bora
than

self
your-

is not

rightlyadapted to you.
Thirtyweeks, 269
seven
days, is the beginning of
the unfavorable
period,and 45 weeks or 313
relation is
days is its end. The very worst
arrive at it by counting
304 days. Yon
may
Shun
backward.
birthday that is from
any
52 to 104 days earlier than your own"
ally
especi60 days earlier.
one
such a discord by amiaYou
bility
overcome
may
love, but

and

love, I would

people

even

well

you

to

furnished
in

spite
owing to

in manners,

discordant

in

oughly
try it. Thor-

harmonize

can

relations

of discordant
or

advise

not

GOOD

months

unless

years,

but

others

lady whose head is

elevated and symmetricallyfall on
sufficiently
surface will make
the upper
happy
any man
elevation.
and elevate his nature
by her own
If he is not
prove
a
brute, she will greatly imshould

not

attempt

it.

him.
But

if you

lover you

are

need

harmonies,

not

for you
will be

reallygood man"
on
depend entirely
can

overcome

good
periodic
a

them.

Of

happier with a harmony

all such
of periods but virtue triumphs over
select a healthy comdifficulties. And if you
panion
with
the proper
head, all will probably
I give you
the locations
be well.
Hence
of the good qualitiesin a bead
thatcontricourse

you

105

to human

bates

happiness. The brain is not

by bumps as the ignorant suppose,

indicated
but

by

The

of the head.

the form

human

brain

earthly region.

One

the

down

other

looks
As

matter."

down

up or
down

obey

we

toward

happiness

hell

the

"

then
land

brain

for the

brain

rules

They in
absolutely"who

passion or

is for the

soul.

them;

of

ready

to

destroy

turn

the

in

elling
grov-

pistol
hell

the

of

body"

the upper

whom

the upper

yield to

never

as

or

the

other

the

heavenly

Jesus Christ was

higher class,and

the rich

he excluded

from

heaven

class, and

they
worse

hell

animalism, are of a
heaven, and are a blessingall

selfishness

kin to

but

and

spiritworld.

brain

around

toward

"

selfishness

lower

nature

force

nature,

and

brains

in the

The

and

lives and

or

own

remorse

go

reaching
beastly criminal

his

we

reaching heaven,

sensuality

wickedness,

on

God

"

of dead

the other

or

matter

and

God

to

up

this world

one

^up toward

"

passion

side looks
to

its

heavenly and

its

has

are

are

model

of

curse.

of the

today whom

often of the lower

ilar
by oppression a sim-

create

lower

men

class

class"

the

men

whom

injusticeoppression and sufferinghave made

miserable and desperate.
The
science
brain
of
following synopsis
has
demonstrated
been
by experiment for
fiftyyears, and is as positiveas anything in
106

Acq.uisitivenesB
Adh.eBiveness
Ali.mentivcncss
Am.atiyeDCss

Ind.olencc

Che.eifuluess
Com.bntiveuess
Comb.luation

Kcp.ose

Irr.itability

Rev.crence

Con.scientlousnessLove

Sen.siwiitv
Social
qualities

Obs.ervation

S. Con.
deuee.

pest.ructiveness

B.".N.BusinefiS

Fir.mness

Ora.tory

Ben.CTolenco

Har.mony
Ide.ality

Pat.ience
Love
Pow^r

Caut.lou6nessi

Ima.ginatlon

Dig.nity
Enc-rgy

lU

Riv.alry

MeLancholy
Mod.esty

AnLagoDism
App.Tobativencss
Arrogance

Energy

Rasthne^s

Int.uitiou

Respflratiou

of

Self

confi-

XJnd.erstandlDg
Vlr.llity
.V.itaIforct

strong

Amativeness,
signifies
VIR.
at
Virility.ALT.

AM.

voice.

is reinforced

which

Alimentiveness
or
signifies
and if it is full,
adjacentto
stimulants
that

drink.

or

the ear,

If flat

spot it indicates

in

interest

eating

desire for

withered

or

at

pacity
inca-

and

temperance

for stimulants.

indicates

the

temples, SEN.
and delicacy. It makes
not
only to language
weather, to pain and
In

affects

comfort.

the
and
to

sensitive

person

but

manners,

care

of themselves

and

but

exposure.
the
forget
body. MOD.
and
excess

the

courteous

it makes

liable to

are

When

region of

deference

bashfulness.

not
work
over-

interested

is the

to

is

this

whom

detective,the temples being hollow, do

take

to

that

everything
in

Those

sensibility

they
esty
mod-

others.

In

Idealityis
ment
generalrefine-

IDE.

and
taste
literary
and love of beauty.
is the seat
IMA.
of Imagination and love
of the spiritualand marvelous.
If large,with
broad
templesit produces mediumship.
is the seat of social harmony
and an
HAR.
obliging,politedispositionopposed to comsource

bativeness"

of

COM.

and
pleasing
Pleasantry gives humorous
ideas" just above
omitted
Und.
(accidentally
in the engraving.)
Tranquillity,opposed to Restlessness, is

indicated

between

Cautiousness
109

and

Love.

intellect is in the

The

supported by the
backhead, Self Confidence
be

to

forehead, but needs

energiesof the upper
Firmness.

and

ing
general understandtion
and reasoning. OBS.
of general observaforehead
and
A broad
gives
accuracy.
in planning and
scheming above, and
power
and
Invention
below
COMB.
Language
music
are
just behind the eye and eyebrow.
is the

UND.

of

region

"

BEN

Benevolence

Acquisitivenessin

is

opposed
head.

back

the

to

selfish

The

posterior
heartily,the

a friend
part of it serves
anterior part gives away
freely. The central
surface of the head, LOVE
part of the upper

makes

has

ever
Whothoroughly lovely character.
that will be lovely as husband
or

is deficient in that will not

wife, and whoever
give a great deal of happiness in marriage
but maybe faithful to duties,if Conscientioushas large Love
ness
(CON.) is large, whoever
and
will make
Conscientiousness
a
happy

home.
LOVE.

'The

whole

It includes

nearly the

are

and

central

the other

same

Hope

and

one

means

"

Reverential

is marked

space

Religionwhich

Hopeful love

love.

is due to
of temper
Patience"
bility
PAT.
which
is opposed to Irritaof
IRR.
The
latter is the chief source

Serenityand

mildness

petty quarrels and

alienation

of

fretfulness

feeling a
"

110

very

or

anger

dangerous

and
ele-

ffient

should

marriage.
be higher on

DEST.

her

full
it

men

in

supply
to

runs

profligacy if
region.
COM.

below

and

harm

much
a

outline

of

of

the

bility
Irrita-

violence

controlled

not

for

contend

quarrelsome
by Harmony.
scolds, and

and

low) gives a

controlled

unless

them

good
rights.

(located a trifle too

for society and attractive

fondness
without

manners,

and

maintainine; their

Adhesiveness

ADH.

Love

face position
opbecome

one

it makes

women

in

the

by

rights

stubborn,

In

firm

his

gives

lawless

and

makes

Combativeness,

it

force, but in

and

temper

anger,

seldom

ear,

though

woman,

head,

the

Destructiveness, running from

around

does

the

Firmness

and

Patience

which

get tired

we

of

company.

makes
a selfish graspAcquisitiveness
ing
that
and when
nature
region is large it
brings in the deceit and jealousyof Secretiveis just a little below
it,and runs
ness, which
into Rivalry, RIY.
a
spiritof competition

ACQ.

"

to

others, with

surpass

gambling. Jealousy
many

for husbands.

men

jealous and
necessary

to

spoil
Acquisitiveness
They are exacting,

stingy.

Cautiousness
and

and

inclination

an

is

CAUT.
to

cool

opposed

success

Carelessness

indicated

RAS.
Ill

steady quality
to
on

ness
the Rashthe

neck

Arrogance ARR, is
overbearing, unless
Love

of

Power

ambition.

inclined

to

checked

be

by

and

rude

Modesty.

POW.

gives great force and

Energy B.E.N, is intensely

Business

practical"fitfor any business and with selfreliance will push on to success.

be
Approbativeness APP.
(which should
located
a little higher) gives pleasingwinning
and
social harmony.
It
manners
promotes
"

is stronger

in

than

women

men

and

so

is

Adhesiveness.
is active
and
impressive,
Oratory ORA.
ideas and
them
showing off our
illustrating
handsomely.
the
DIG.
Dignity or self-respectis not
but maintains
cf conceit
source
dignity and
seeks

to

be honorable.
is the

powerful of all
the faculties,carries
us
through what
we
undertake, and is not afraid of danger.
industry
Energy, (ENE.) gives incessant
if not
balanced
lence
and
and
by Indoefficiency,
ness
Cheerful(IND.) is liable to overwork.
to
(CHE.) is important in both sexes
Firmness

hold

up

FIR.

under

misfortune

most

and

makes

their

fulness
Cheeralways pleasant. But when
from
is low, the head
sloping down
like a steep roof, and
Firmness
Melancholy
MEL.
making wide jaws, life is very gloomy,
and such people arc
oppressive company.
does everyCON.
Finally Conscientiousness
company

112

thing honestly and industrionsly,

pays debts,
is gratefulfor favors and leads a godly life.
And
dear reader, if you have
secured
a
now,
wife according to these
a
a
rules, you have
and

treasure

her

Love

give

you

that

treasury

with

all your
might
interest on
compound

investment.

Never

and

will

she

whole

your
that

word

say

fill.

must

you

could

possiblyhurt her feelings;

keep to yourself all
such
"nd
Don't
faulty for that
thoughts.
investment.
There
are
only injures your
all faults without
to overcome
scolding
ways
and
or
only do harm;
grumbling, which
when
she is bearing children
be doubly attentive
watchful

and

in your
did to win her.

appomted
as

you
I

can

make

give you a wonderful

good children if your
Place

mother.

all your
good
of her womb.

lovelychild
and

are

After

wife

as

the

she

have

to

of the

"

sits,while
not

are

it

to

terity
possalvation

if repeated. Kneel

attention

development

millions

conceal

children

If you
fit to
not
due

is worth
not

blessing.
you

their

to

quiet the fetus,make

a
successful
birth.
deliveryin child-

secret

and

your

kind

are

will

It will

I must

women

that

secret

the top of your

head in which
qualitieslie against the front

and

This

to

if you
would
be disnot
children.
Court
her still

giving

willingto

do

fore
be-

this

this

"

wife.

periodicityand

to

brain, there is another

113

too often overlooked"

the
important matter
is in the parents is
law of heredity. What
in the oflFspring
to appear
sure
though it may
be difficult to tell which
parent will have the
There
lustrati
was
a
strikingilgreatest influence.
in France
which
is authentic, in
named
the family ot a farmer
The
Etampes.
man
hanged himself without apparent cause,
and five daughters ^ten of
sons
leaving seven
the eleven hanged themselves, after marrying
and
dren
begetting children,and all of these chil"

ha^K

hanged

themselves.

But

there

was

sixty-eightyears
old,
when
the case
was
reported by Prof. Brouarin Paris.
del,Dean of the Faculty of Medicine
and character
All qualities
liable to this
are
and
transmission
most
at
likelyto reappear
the same
age. But prenatalimpressionscome
in to produce strange results sometimes.
I would
In reference
to a man
study his
one

survivor,

of

treatment

his

son

mother

and

hiis sisters.

If

faulty in that, he is not a desirable husband.

The
girlwho has neglectedor disregarded a
her companions
do not
mother, and whom
the best qualifications
for a
love
has
not
be beyond the reach
These things may
wife.
not
of the enquirerbut they are
beyond the
The students
of the
reach of Psvchometry.
of Psychometry have a sure
Manual
tion.
protecThere

are

many

othor valuable
114

truths

which

has

been

and

would

sarviying
have

her

In

15) her
the

of

head

her

and
a

shot

fear"

to

defied

felt

without

at

faced

has

their

have

were

back

friends,
under

as

the
held

been

or

was
was

consciousness

of

tremor

hostile

dians
In-

ways
al-

has

latent
She

powers
desired

in which

she

been

thousands
rules
down

nature

This
when

might

inherited

of

noble

have

have

been

upon

her

disease

clumsy system
eradicate, and made
of disease, so

that

overcome
own

Paul,

St.

less

iable
am-

distinction.

won

of the

the

have

women

falselyascribed to
in obscurity. With

she would

thrown

which

causes

to

distinguished.But her stars

not
propitious,for the narrow
dices
prejuof family and
friends terriblyheld her
and
her
unselfish nature
yielded to

would

never

attacks, and

justifieda high ambition.

enter
a
professional career,

she

she

mind

Her

which
to

thousand.

her studies

In

classes.

been

stranger

in

999

which

less.
intuitive; her spiritutterly fear-

She has
"

conditions

to

her.

outrun

and

quick

under

fatal

been

ing
triumph-

energy,

Monday and Tuesday period, (9

school girldays, she led.
No
boy

girlcould
at

of heroic

woman

in

time
but

resources,
nervous

of medicine

system
could

her sensitive to
her

life has

been

all
a

and calamity
struggle with physicalsuffering
tain
through which her vital force and energy susher wonderfully.
116

of her life her

years
marked
continuous, but more

the

In

health

first

was

seven

ill
in

sixth

year.
From
7 to

markably
reperiod) she was
active, excellingall
sick spellin her
a

(Monday
vigorous and

her

14

schoolmates,

13th

Friday

or

had

but

year.

in her

unlucky
13th
(1855) and in her 20th or Friday
year
she had
a
sharp attack of pneumonia
year
and bronchitis
brought on by her benevolence
of travel.
in nursing a sister and the exposure
tween
But
she
was
vigorous and bright bevery
14 and 21, the Tuesday period.
From
21 to 28, the Wednesday
period of
strong action, she began favorably in the
proved a
Monday year by a marriage which
happy and satisfactoryunion, blessed with a
in the sixth or Friday year,
But
good son.
at

27,

fraud

occured

death

of

her

band
hus-

beloved

his estate, and the struggle

self-maintenance
in which
her energy

of
soon

the

came

with

success

won

This

years.

35, and
came

of measles

attack

An

on

eflFect of

the

was

on

29th, 30th and 31st

the Thursday period, 28 to
in the

last years
from
32
to

severelyin
which

the

were

bound

continued

be

Financial

35.

32d

to

year,

1876,

favorable,
un-

loss
the

through the
Thursday and the Friday period (1877-1884).
the same
At
time, in her Thursday peiiod,
1876, (the Friday year) brought on a severe
117

on

attack

pnetimonia, in her Friday month,

July. The ctiIs developed in the Thursday
whole
the
tremely
Friday period experiod made
of

unfortunate.

39thy 40th

and

In

41st

then

1881-2-3-4
there

years,

in

ued
contin-

were

misfortunes
attack

An

which

came

made

1882,
to

she

for four

move

has

culminating in the 41st year.

of inflammatory rheumatism
in her Friday month,
on
July
her helplessfor six months, unable
completely

never

effects.

Her

friends

recovered

had

in her central
her recovery"
and '84 she was
In 1883
from

this

attack

calamity

severest

thinks

from

its

expectation of
Friday year.
a complete wreck

no

domestic

and

she

and

months,

trouble, the

of her life coming

on

in her

Friday year and Friday month, the effects

lastingthrough the first year of the Saturday
period,in a pulmonary affection supposed to
be running into consumption, but ending in
Monday
ing
year of the Saturday period" changinto
overcame

Her

local

in 1887
second

son

which

tumor

her

constitution

'88.

to
was

month

born

in

November,

and
of a
congenial to her own
was
very congenial nature, and her first son, born
in March, which
her vigorous period of
was
a
vitality,was
strong, active character, as
well as congenial, according to his date.
In her Saturday period,42d
49th
to
year,
she had no
serious trouble, but gradual im118

winter

In the fall and

provement.
months
and *90, in favorable

she

public addresses which gained

a
as
speaker, but on the
her

34?th

unfavorable

impressive public
which

she

would

made

two

made

July 4th,

address
have

not

1889

her her tion

reputahand
in
other

she

year

of

very

1876,

if she

done

had

quence
anything of periodicity,and in consefellinto typhoid pneumonia in ten days
she did not
afterward, from which
recover
until the ensuing fall though
not
a
plete
com-

known

"

then.

recovery

She

attacks

June
and
She

ious
generally that all her serin the Friday time
on
her recovering in the fall

remembered
came

"

July, and
winter, which are her
was
generally well in
or

favorable

months.

the winter.

Being

born

in October, she does not

suffer from
tumnal
aubirth
malarial
fevers, to which
my

date

makes

from

malaria

autumnal
first

my

experience of

fever in my
Autumnal
time

for

spring
those
March

sixth

those

it will
where

From

at

in late

malaria

comes

in

born

thaws

and

snows

suffered

in

delirious.
unfavorable

an

of winter.

be

for you
will not

the

snows

and

the

unfavorable

the end
well

in

in intermittent

midwinter,
are

much
and

years

I became

year

malaria

bom

I have

liable.

me

to

If born
to

seek

disturb

in

mate
cli-

you.

1891, having passed through

her Friday period,she had no serious trouble,
1884

to

119

of
gradual improvement, and increase
reputation,but in 1890, the sixth year of the
from
a
Saturday period, she suffered much
which
seemed
tumor
to requirea very expensive
and
dangerous surgical operation,but
intuitive skill and
with her own
operation
spiritualcobtit

she

recovered

the

without

geon's
sur-

knife.
In

her second

she entered

1891

cycle,a

time

directionchange and progress in a new

and
its Sunday period lasting to Oct., '98
with
prudence might have fully recovered,
but
misled by her
benevolence
heroic
at
a
time which
requiredgreat care to recover, she

for

"

did
50th

not

protect herself.

beginning

year,

but

in her 51st

six months

was

whole

year

second
she

in

her

cycle properly;

devoted

about

tion
nursing with a zeal and devowhich
far beyond her strength and
was
vitally,requiring the
quite exhausted
of the remaining Sunday period to recover
from

But

the

rested

She

to

her

in the

rashness.

July

month

realized

nervous

she married

and

depression

mediately
imand

sufferingwhich gradually diminished, but she

has
had
no
happy time in July. Learning
something of the periodic law, she retired to
resort
a summer
meeting some
ial
congencamp,
friends and
pleasure.
experiencingsome
her that she
her experienceof law shows
But
stillhas trouble before her, but that she may
120

the

at

expect success
1898-99, and

end

the

century,
tion
condi-

the adyanced

when

1900

of

cycle will be realized.

the periHer
odic
personal experiencehas made
In '96 she
law very impressive to her.
induced
was
against her own
judgment to
which
in an enterprisein the summer,
engage
was
developed in July as very unfortunate.
of the second

and

is very
of children
fond
that the sixth month
as

She

served
ob-

has

general

rule

brings on teething,feverishness,nervousness,
cough, often followed by bowel troubles. The
thirteenth
month, beginning the second
year
is often

unfavorable

she

such

diseases

long
be-

as

though the strength of

In girls
iionstitution generally resists.
teenth
the thirsick spellabout
has
noticed
a
the

to

the

with

season,

year,

sick

fever

spell of

twentieth

Again

with

year

in his 27
in

competence.

the

near

again

and

year

her

that

and

year

influence

of

son

end

of

near

the

financial

he
his

good
realized

had

his thirteenth

end

of

his

loss of $800.

its close he

near

securing
Thus

first

was

business
the

13th, 20th

appointed
disand

able
unfavorand

27th

might have guarded against

if he had known
the periodiclaw.
had an opportunity to warn
I once
a friend
After tellinghim
against a periodicdanger.
of his periodicfate up to that time the gentleman,
(Prof.L.), a highly intellectual gentle-

years,

which

he

121

was

man,

so

he

law, that
a

impressed with the

asked

he

of travel

course

that

him

showed

advice

my

it would

it

failure,as

then

to

begin.

to

result

was

of the

in reference

about

was

truth

in
a

an

very

he gave it up.
from the law of periodicity
I was

fortunate
un-

evil

period,and
Aside

sure

knowledge of his plan that it would

he did not
perceive
prove disastrous, though
Men
liable in their evil periods to fail
it.
are
in illadvised or
in their judgment and engage
in my
I can
see
impractical schemes.
own
from

life

my

which

years

in

mistakes

serious

have

unfavorable

my

detailed

not

arising
brings

The evil year

practicalerrors.
impaired judgment.
The knowledge of periodiclaw would
have
saved
E. from
a
severe
calamity, and
many
she keenly realizes it now.
I can
add
her's an
to
equally impressive
of a truly good man,
Mr.
case
A., whose
from

whole

lifehas

Friday
With

been

talent,
been

an

if he

had

been

and

energy

admired

and

virtue, he would
beloved

millionaire

warned

or
by periodicity
against his Friday years, and now

it and

wishes

for the benefit

Born

in his

years.

have

knows

series of mistakes

March

me

of

to

record

trology
as-

he

his experience

humanity.

4, 1813, his evil

years

came

on

in 1821, 1828, 183S, 1842, 1849,1856,1863,

122

--

he

salivated.

was

After his 58th

his health

scriotis trouble, and

no

improved,
the time for fortune had passed, and he is
tented
nearing his end humbly, though conis ready to see
in mind, and
better
a

but
now

world.

recollects

He

in his

Friday

of

warnings

him.

It

seems

reliable in

our

prove

Many

in

found

how

sees

the

NAPOLEON.
of

periodicitymight
history,but while

and

little

how
booklet, uncertain
drop from my hand, I am

select

I must

But

life of that

one

famous

crimes

have

example, in
imperial scoundrel. Napoleon

Bonaparte, whose
world's

conscience

receives

He

cept
ex-

pen may
the research.
to make

unable

the

OF

the

soon

troubles

have
saved
periodicitywould
that
less
judgment becomes
perience
Friday years.
May such exprofitableto others.

biography

finishing this

and

years,

illustration

an

serious

no

PERIODICITY

be

he had

year

completelythat

so

his evil

passed through
of the
have

all nations

the

he still

of admiration.

tribute

unconscious

debauched

done

law

he

the

was

same

periods utterly
and
fulfilling,
without

ing
warn-

heretofore.
In evil

fate

periodsmen

by the

mental

seem

to

obscuration
124

rush

on

that

to

their

belongs

to

darker

so

with
Shall

divine
of

periods,and it seems
myself.

have

to

been

not, for the

light of Christianity, which is the light
it always

be

so

T trust

will penetrate the dark

of life,
of the obscurities
and the law

Heaven,

will mark

dangers in our
born
Napoleon was
August 15, 1769, and
there is a singular harmony
in consequence
between
his periodicity
and that of the American
in
one
Republic, seven
years
younger,
tined
desBoth
were
July, the other in August.
break
the Holy Alliances
to disturb and
of consolidated
to
despotisms,and both came
griefin similar periods (he seven
years earlier.)
for the

1811-18

the

twilight
of periodicity
path.

United

States

in

an

factory
unsatis-

we
wisely
England, which
ant
dropped, while we were
protected by the giof Napoleon in conflict with
land,
Engpower
he
and
for Napoleon, when
1804-11,
assisted by
started
his fatal policywhich
we
fightingEngland.

with

war

1816

was

States

and

the

I have

law,

our

disastrous

more

thinking

have

been

far

out
prolonged into 1816, withhave
periodicitywould
looking to Napoleon we see

if
how

fulfilled; but

that

he too

held

England
war

would

war

been

insane

year for the United

accordalready said that ing

disastrous

was

on

his downward

career

and

check, beginning in 1812 his

with Russia, fightingEngland in
in

125

Spain

and

allies in

France, going down

and
in 1814
'15, when
England might have
turned
the United
States, but in 1815
upon
the sinking giant rose
again and occupied
England's hosts until summer,
protectingthe
the

United

States.

United

States, guided by Henry

But

in December

1814,

the

Clay, had
concluded
a not
very glorioustreaty, (saying
nothing about
imprisonment of American
leans
Orsailors),and Jackson's victory at New
tion
consolaweeks
two
later,gave us some
; but

with

if the

had

war

continued

1816

to

of England it
power
to the
terriblydisastrous

the unembarrassed

would

have

United

States, from

when

we

are

periods and

been

which

running
contests,

we

down

may

in

learn
our

it is well to have

that

Friday
a

wise

Clay to lead us into the path of

peace and safety.
find his good
Returning to Napoleon, we
ning
runperiods of development and education

friend

like

as

follows:

Sunday to August 15, 1776.

Monday to August 15, 1783.
Tuesday to August 15, 1790.
Wednesday to August 15, 1797.
His evil periods were
:
Thursday to August 15, 1804,
Friday to August 15, 1811.
Saturday to August 15, 1818,
Sunday three years to 1821.
126

Wednesday

the

As

struggle begins
I have

death.

first three

passes
exhausts

that

not

time

to

periods of growth

and

the

life

ends

in

study Napoleon's
which

made

him

periods of crime
and desperation were
Thursday 1797 to 1804,
Friday 1804 to 1811, Saturday 1811 to 1818.
did they develop
in Napoleon,
and
How
as

great

The

away

man.

decadent

"

in similar

so

The

characters.
of

the

tide

in

Wednesday
his bloody cahe entered
1790
to '97 when
reer.
In December
'93 he captured Toulon.
with the Sultan
In 1795 thinking of enlisting
Guard
of Turkey, he slaughteredthe National
made
mander
comin"(Parisby cannonade, and was
of the army
in March
'96 (evil
; and
in the same
to Italy,and
year 27th) marched
month
married
Josephine" a marriage that
came

turn

to

comes

misfortune.

his evil months, March

May and June were
and April not
six
propitious. Josephine was
and
-three days his senior, which
fifty
years
established
them
discord between
placingher
in his unfavorable
month
June and insuring
much
her part in personal
dissatisfaction on
be
intercourse,and insuring that he would
in a
fascinated
first sight, being almost
at
Sunday relation to her. I do not need to read
any

to

memoirs

that

must

temper

tions
realize the many
petty irritahis impearisen which
have
rious

would

not

127

tolerate, though he

himself

made

history. Disaster

followed.

convulsions
his fleet,
in

Cairo, and

he

desert to attack
defeated
evil mouth

Paris

and
In

period)
and

he

success,

peace
same

peace

He

with

marched

across

to

destroyed
followed
the

Acre, where

he

Cairo

to

return

Syrian
in

was

his

14.

June

his better

In

massacres

Jafla and

infamous

an

Nelson

and

had

and

left

but

master,

to
August he returned
became
first Consul, actually emperor.
1800
(Tuesday year of Thursday
vigor
displayed administrative
made
successful
a
campaign and

month

year

Austria, Feb. 9, 1806,

with
Pope Pius, and

with

England,

established

March

system

and

in the

treaty of

1802.
of government

for

France,

entirelydespotic,aiming chieflyat
militarysuccess.
His
Italian
policy irritated the English
in the
and
Friday year of his
government
Thursday period 1803, and his evil month
It was
not
May 18, England declared war.
that this evil period should
involve
necessary
him
of

in war,
but his own
made
all moral
law

Losing
thought
to

be

defiance

his evil

of fate and

periods

rible.
ter-

judgment at this evil time, he

invading England, and expected

sound
of

received
almost

as

blind

liberator.
the
129

The

judgement.

evil

sions
pas-

At

this

have

must

be

not

he

must

He

was

admired

and

entirelyhappy in such
it promised
have
too

realized

her.

loved

selfish to

withstanding
relation,not-

love

much

lack

of

and

harmony.

faithful

be

could

She

which

"

she

would

found
have
feel,and she must
persons
than her husband.
more
agreeable in manners
Look
into her history,and I am
this will
sure
be verified. As to her months,
Murat
was
better suited to her than
Napoleon and so
all of Napoleon's brothers, except Louis
were
(Sept. 2, 1778) who was
exactly fitted to be
devoted
he was
but had
to Napoleon which
moral
principleenough to try to do his duty.
and
all had
Louis
Joseph, Lucien
principle
of
enough to object to the criminal career
the black sheep of a good
Napoleon, who was

family. Joseph and Lucien

with
Napoleon's and
with
his policy and broke
America

The
its

had

dates

ant
discord-

Lucien

quarrelled
olF, starting for

1810.
to

marriage

unlucky 13th

Josephine was

brigandage went
in Italy,in his

in his better

year

1796, and

his

good month,

year

October, Austria

his prowess.
In June 1798,

the
he

year,

called

in

year.

His campaign
of lawless
grandly and dishonorably

Thursday
might be

dissolved

evil month
went

piece of
128

1797

and

on

evil
in

yielded to
of

his first

Egypt, which
land
yitikcy^aud

to

time

and

Cadoudal

against

others

his life which

result in the

alarmed
of Duke

murder

conspiring

were

him

as

to

d'Enghien,

and

so

himself
May, (unlucky month) he crowned
Emperor of France and King of Italy.
The
peror
assumption as King of Italy and Emin this unfortunate
(Friday of
year
to
Thursday next
worst"being the 34th"
all
paving the way to his 41st year) alarmed
(the second year of his
Europe and in 1805
formed
against
Friday period,a coalition was
him by England, Russia, Austria and Sweden
in

and

would

sensible monarch

have

sued

for

began in September 1805.

and
the beginningof his destruction
This was
if begun in June. But
have been worse
would
he won
at Austerlitz
a
complete victory for
but

peace,

1805

and

war

1806

the

were

best

of

years

his

Friday period,and in Feb. 1806

Naples was
conquered and in June Louis his brother made
in October
and
his good
King of Holland
month

he

1806

defeated

Prussia

and

Austria

started
Berlin,and in November
his mad
campaign against British commerce
manding
by the famous Berlin^andMilan decrees,comwere
Europe to obey him, which
and

entered

ultimate
else

July

1807

failures
to

and

bring

he

commercial

made

further

his

Russia

got

crazy

on

did

more

than

thing
any-

destruction.
to

submit

In
to

his

against England, then

the rightsof
encroachments
on
war

130

In

of criminal

Napoleon's eight years

forth

folly

decrees, all in his evil

beginning Nov. 1806, repeated Nov.
years;
and January 1808, and Aug.,
1807, Dec. 1807
Sept.,Oct. 1810, all unexampled in folly"the
came

his crazy

last

commanding
goods in every
This

the

of all

burning
he

country

English
control.

could

period (1810 the fatal year)

of Europe, ruining
and
roused
the hatred
commerce
by blockading decrees. Providence
then by universal
law, and
passed sentence
was

1811

fatal

1818

to

In Dec.

was

he divorced

1809

of its execution.

time

the

Josephine and

his

desperate struggles to enforce his commercial

all Europe brought their natural
war
on
summation
conin 1812
Russia

in

insane

his

his decrees

enforce

war

of 1806

on

10)
declared in his unlucky month. May.
war
"a
there, he
Terribly and
horribly defeated
Defeated
assailed
by the
Germany in 1813.
he tried to drive them
of France,
out
allies,
but

("to

conquered

was

in his fatal

the

Saturday"
as

month

But

of

sent

year
of
instead

Elba

to

the

May,

fourth

prisoner

minor

and

third

"

1814
year

of

ending his career

being hung like

criminals.
his

war

with

England

in those

years

States
o^ great assistance
to the United
it was
which
his periodicdestiny to help and
was

the

destiny

Blind

to

of the United
his

real

States

condition
132

to

he

help him.
rose

again

in March

widely detested and met his

fate
at
Waterloo, abdicating in his fatal
month
June, surrendering to England in July
and
imprisond at St. Helena, dying in his
evil month
May 5, 1821, going to a world
not
entirelycongenial to his nature.
His

1815,

surrender

in the

was

4th

year

ot

his

year
the

period and his death in the third

of his second
cyclein the Sunday period,
death
was
a
good event for him giving

him

centuries

Saturday

He

reform.

to

crushed

was

the fourth

and

put finallyto

rest

in

of his

Saturday period,but it
was
predetermined by the insanities of his
to their maximum
Friday periodwhich came
the Friday of Friday.
in 1810
What
followed
after
world.

year

that

was

beneficial

His

to

him

and

to

the

intense
too
Friday insanitywas
to be conquered by one
defeat,and his seventyin the higher world
five years
have not
yet
restored his moral
equilibrium.

133

FINAL
If

rebel

we

evils

in

ourselves"
Reform

learn

we

continue

it is

come

Providence

against

and

nothing

LESSON.

ignorant. But when

in
duty to seek the cause
and
bad
good
qualities.

our

our

before

yourself

to

try

you

reform

the

world.
It is evident

and

great,

if you

that

would

you

had

been

have

If you
gained success.
failures
and
this, study your

and

wherein

see

and

resolve

THE
To
a

FINAL

this
to

Love

is the

"

ard
highest stand-

RULE.
add

my

of life" true

secret

life.

It

and

will

carry

land

you

love, and

Find

what

your
more

might. The
happiness,

the

more

success

will have.

can

you

friends

and

best

giftas

life"

happy
high

reader.

every

misfortune

and

done

not

better.

I would

successful

above

have

HEAVENLY

advice

friend

life

do

to

evils

mistakes,

the

below

are

you

wise

good,
conquered

you
near

love

more
more

you

in heaven.

love

it with

you

have,

the

health

and

the

Life

will be

all

ful
joy-

you.

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