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He is like Lincoln in that he would free all mankind. He, too, knows that there can be no free man on the earth so long as there is one slave.

¶ Elbert Hubbard sees, too, that just so long as there is one woman who is denied any right that man claims for himself, there is no free man; that no man can be a superior, true American so long as one woman is denied her birthright of life, liberty and happiness.

¶ He knows that freedom to think and act, without withholding that right from any other, evolves humanity Therefore he gives his best energy to inspiring men and women to think and to act, each for himself. He pleads for the rights of children, for so-called criminals, for the insane, the weak, and all those who having failed to be a friend to themselves, need friendship most. The Golden Rule is his rule of life.

¶ His work is to emancipate American men and women from being slaves to useless customs, outgrown mental habits, outgrown religion, outgrown laws, outgrown superstitions. He would make each human being rely upon himself for health, wealth and happiness.

¶ Elbert Hubbard is like Emerson in seizing upon truth, embalmed and laid in pyramids of disuse. Into these truths he has breathed the breath of life and they have become for many of us living souls. From the thoughts of Moses, Socrates, Solomon, Pythagoras, Loyola, Jesus, Buddha, Mohammed, he has brought to us wisdom that applies to the art of living today.

¶ Elbert Hubbard is a unique figure in history. The strength of his individuality comes from his having lived much and intensely. He lives his philosophy before he writes it, proves his theory before he announces it. Like Shakespeare, he has access to universal knowledge, and from his storehouse he draws the vital fact whenever he needs it. Without effort, his mind seizes upon the important part of any subject, scene or situation, and he presents the few parts which will suggest the whole. He knows psychology, the needs of humanity at large, the needs of races, the needs of classes in races, and individuals in a class. He knows men and women, their hopes, their fears, their strength, their weakness, their possibilities, and he deals with them, having ever before him the ideal. He, too, is looking for a Hapi, a Messiah, a Superman.

¶ He is never discouraged, never tired, never depressed. Eternal hope is in his heart, so every morning brings to him a New Day, and ushers in a New Year of the Better Day. Work, laugh, play, think, be kind, is the day's program he lives and recommends.

¶Economic freedom is the first necessity in human happiness. So Elbert Hubbard's first lesson is industry, produc ing wealth, using it wisely, distributing it. He knows, too, that food, shelter, clothing, fuel, are not enough to fill man's needs. Man has a soul to be fed and evolved as well. Love, beauty, music, art, are necessities, too. Had he but two loaves of bread he would sell one and buy white hyacinths with which to feed his soul. He loves all animal life and believes that man should spend a part of every day in the garden, on the farm, with horses and animals, which are the civilizers of man.

¶ Elbert Hubbard is a businessman and a philosopher. He is a wise man in the use of his time, his energy. The law of his life is action. He knows that to focus his mind on the development of man is to degenerate into something less than a man. Man is developed, quite incidentally, through his work. Work is the exercise which develops brain, nerve, muscle. Work is the means which man uses to accomplish the end, the superman who shall understand Nature. He knows that greed is the subjugation of the individual, so his desire is to give every person about him equal opportunity with himself. He loves humanity. He believes in man, in the ultimate triumph of the noblest qualities in man. He is brother to all mankind and kindred to every living thing. He lives as a noble man, every day without fear. All days are holy days. All natural phases of human life are sacred, and he respects them all. Through the power of his imagination he has lived all lives, and he condemns no man. Content to live in one world at a time, he has the genuine faith which does not peep into the Unknown, but lives to the full today, assured that "the power which cares for us here will not desert us there." ¶So this, then, is the book we offer a book written by Americans, for Americans. It is a book without myth, miracle, mystery or metaphysics-a commonsense book for people who prize commonsense as a divine heritage. The book that will benefit most is the one that inspires men to think and to act for themselves.

¶ The world can only be redeemed through action— movement-motion. Uncoerced, unbribed and unbought, humanity will move toward the light.

-ALICE HUBBARD

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Eat and drink such an exact quantity as the constitution of thy body allows of, in reference to the Services of the Mind. They that study much, ought not to eat so much as those that work hard, their digestion being not so good.

The exact quantity and quality being found out, is to be kept to constantly.

Excess in all things whatever, as well as in meat and drink, is also to be avoided.

¶ Youth, age and sick require a different quantity. And so do those of contrary complexions; for that which is too much for a Phlegmatic Man is not sufficient for a Choleric. ¶ The measure of food ought to be (as much as possibly may be) exactly proportionate to the Quality and Condition of the Stomach, because the Stomach digests it. ¶ That quantity that is sufficient, the Stomach can perfectly concoct and digest, and it sufficeth the due Nourishment of the Body.

A greater quantity of some things may be eaten than of others, some being of lighter digestion.

¶ The difficulty lies in finding out an exact measure; but eat for Necessity, not Pleasure, for Lust knows not where Necessity ends.

¶ Would'st thou enjoy a long life, a healthy body and a vigorous mind, and be acquainted also with the wonderful works of God? Labor in the first place to bring thy appetite into subjection to reason.

Rules to Find Out a Fit Measure of Meat and Drink: ¶ If thou eatest so much as makes thee unfit for business, thou exceedest the due measure.

¶ If thou art dull and heavy after meat, it's a sign thou hast exceeded the due measure; for meat and drink ought to refresh the body, and make it cheerful, and not to dull and oppress it.

¶ If thou findest these ill Symptoms, consider whether too much meat, or too much Drink occasions it, or both, and abate by little and little, till thou findest the inconveniency removed.

¶ Use now and then a little Exercise a quarter of an hour before meals, as to swing a Weight; or swing your arms about with a small weight in each hand; to leap, or the like, for that stirs the muscles of the breast.

¶ If a man casually exceeds, let him fast the next Meal, and all may be well again, provided it be not too often done; as if he exceed at dinner, let him refrain at supper.

A temperate diet frees from diseases; such are seldom ill, but if they are surprised with sickness, they bear it better and recover sooner; for most distempers have their original from repletion.