Uncooked Foods & How to Use Them - Soil and Health Library

THE PROBLEM OF PROBLEMS.
EVERY century since civilization began has left upon the
pages of history some great thing, something worthy of a
place in literature and memory. Empires and dynasties have
arisen and fallen like bubbles on the water; bloody typhoons
called wars have swept over the earth and exterminated races
and changed the geography of the map of the world. The
mind of man was employed for thousands of years in trying
to ascertain where he came from, for what purpose he was
here, and where he was going. Stimulated and excited by
invention and travel, only a few hundred years ago the
faculties of gain and accumulation began their development.
These have evolved on and on, until they have reached such
ugly and vulgar eminence that it is no longer respectable to be
extremely rich.
It is only of recent years that the intelligence of mankind
has been directed towards finding out the really useful things
in life. If we mistake not, this decade will stand out in history
as one of the most important since the world began. Its
greatest achievement will be that it has put into motion a tidal
wave, a current of thought that will, do more for the human
race than all the mighty ages and musty centuries that have
gone into the eternity of the past.
So long as men looked into the heavens and said, "The
Lord will provide" they never took much interest in
performing that very important task themselves. So long as
they depended upon ignorant kings and rulers for guidance,
the brain was a useless lump of clay; but in this decade the
people are thinking.
The question mark is the sign of the times. The universal
password is "Why?"
Why is disease so common, and perfect health so rare?
Why are the great majority of people afflicted?
Why has the word "ease" been changed to "disease"?
Why do we find so many specimens of perfect health and
development in all other forms of life, and so few among
mankind—the king?
All forms of animal life on this globe live about eight
times their periods of maturity, except man. He matures at
about 24. Measured therefore by all other forms of life, he
should live nearly 200 years. But he drops into his grave at an
average age of 40—while he is yet in his youth.
There is some good reason for this. We believe the
answer must be found in a consideration of the material from
which his body is constructed.
Of what is he made? With what kind of material does he
keep himself fed and repaired? He must be what his food has
made him.
Disease is merely the outward expression or penalty for
violated laws.
Health is nature's reward for conformity to her laws.