Esoteric V10: July 1896 - Iapsop.com

1896. J CONTRIBUTIONS ANH ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS. 87
l>icler thill humhug. Hmve,·er, we must. not cast our peat·ls in the
mud undet· the feet of the swiue. Do not think me condemnatory or
selfish: I try to benefit those whom I may. Again I tenclet· you my
thanks awl gratitude for teaf•hing me what life is, and hope I may bto
of the same service to ot.hers.
Yom·s moHt sincet·ely, G. H.
Pt·ior to receiving the following letter we had the one referred to from
the anxious mnther. From the sta.ndpnint of reason a..'i e8tn.bli11hecl
by the medical profession. atHI, in fact, from the expet·ience of tho11e
living ill the generation. Rhe lms good t ·ea..~on to he anxious about
he1· boy; but in thi;~ regeneration. she ha..~ no cause whatever. She
11ays: "He is still at a growing age, is not as stout and strong as most
hoy!! of his age. ancl I kuow th;~t he need>~ at least eight hour11 of
t·ef•·eMhiug sleep • to knit up the raveled Rlt>eve of c1ne,' as Shakspeare
"ays. He sit.~ in a du~ir aucl falls asleep ove1· his book after dinner,
c'ontinually arousing himself to kt>ep awake. He remiuds me of the
Chiue>~e tortut·e whid1 nevet• allow!! Its victim to sleep." \Ve can not
w.mder at the anxiety of the mot.herly feeling. when she says in
all >ther 11lac'e that th•·ec memhers of her family have become insane
from ewe•· w01·k at school. It is so harcl for good people (for this io<
eviclelltly a goocl family) to realize that they themselvef! during geRta·
tioit lay the foundation for a clisea..' have in m11· po~o