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Excerpt from Popular Fallacies "To err is human." "To unlearn is harder than to learn." "I am rubbing their father out of my children as fast as I can," said a clever widow of rank and fashion. "Sometimes while writing my weekly pars I feel a trifle depressed to think that, while many others as well as myself are doing their best to teach the people the advantages to life that follow obedience to the golden rule of health, the seed may all too often fall on stony ground. People nowadays are usually so willing to hang just as they grew. They are influenced by innate fallacy, if not superstition, and hate innovations, even if assured by scientists that these may tend to their comfort and longevity. I do not know if ever I told my readers of a landlady of mine when a student in Ireland, who would never wash her face until Saturday, when she could afford a drop of whisky to rub it afterwards for fear of catching cold. Well, she is one of my examples of thousands and tens of thousands who are content to live and die behind the dark curtain of ignorance. However, I am cheered by the thought that the next generation will be more sensible and more amenable to logic and reason. As regards cheerfulness and light, these ought to go hand-in-hand. Indeed, if one has a well-balanced mind and healthy body he cannot be for any length of time in the fresh air and sunshine - or, falling sunshine, good honest daylight-without feeling happier and calmer. We should remember that tranquillity is one of the first signs that an Invalid is getting well and strong. My advice to all such is to look upon sunshine or light by day as a friend, but to sleep in the dark. Darkness is essential to sound slumber." - Dr. Gordon Stables, R. N., in the Yorkshire Weekly Post of Nov. 21st, 1896. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.