My sixtieth birthday is a thing of yesterday, and I have, therefore, more than half descended the western slope. I have no quarrel with life or with time, for both have been polite to me; and I wish to give an account of the past seven years to prove the politeness of life, [mehr][weniger]
TREETER, JOHN WILLIAMS, Chicago, Illinois, was born in Ashtabula county, Ohio. September 17, 1841, son of Sereno Wright and Mary Williams Streeter. He is of the ninth generation in lineal descent from Stephen Streeter, who landed in Boston in 1642, and of the eighth generation from Roger Williams. [mehr][weniger]
Silas Weir Mitchell (February 15, 1829 – January 4, 1914) was an American physician and writer known for his discovery of causalgia (complex regional pain syndrome) and erythromelalgia.He was born on February 15, 1829 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to John Kearsley Mitchell. [mehr][weniger]
The idea of fasting is still tied to the spiritual and religious practices. When we first heard about fasting, we immediately relate the term to the Catholics who practice this during Lent or to Muslims during Ramadan. In ancient times when people fasted they believed that doing so would improve their clarity of thought, and bring spiritual enlightenment and inspiration. In fact many people who fast relay a feeling of being more removed from the physical and a more spiritually focussed consciousness. It should be reflected however, that having strong values is integral to this - as mental attitude is huge part of ones sense of the world. [mehr][weniger]
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