. Boston Thomsonian manual and lady's companion . ;Comfort the captives too long tribulation— Thus shalt thou reap thy more perfect ! but if love be a hallowed emotion, Purity only its raptures should share ;Love, then, with willing and deathless devotion, All that is just and exalted and fair. Act ! for in action are wisdom and glory; Fame, immortality, these are its crown ;Wouldst thou illumine the tablets of story ? Build on achievements thy doom of renown ;Honor and feeling were given to cherish— Cherish them, then, though all else should decay ;Landmarks by these that are nev


. Boston Thomsonian manual and lady's companion . ;Comfort the captives too long tribulation— Thus shalt thou reap thy more perfect ! but if love be a hallowed emotion, Purity only its raptures should share ;Love, then, with willing and deathless devotion, All that is just and exalted and fair. Act ! for in action are wisdom and glory; Fame, immortality, these are its crown ;Wouldst thou illumine the tablets of story ? Build on achievements thy doom of renown ;Honor and feeling were given to cherish— Cherish them, then, though all else should decay ;Landmarks by these that are never to perish— Stars that will shine on the duskiest day. Courage ! disaster and peril, once over, Freshen the spirit as flowers the grove :Oer the dim graves that the cypresses cover, Soon the Forget-me-not rises in , then, friends ! tho the universe crumble, Innocence, dreadless of danger beneath,Patient and trustful, and joyous and humble, Smiles thro ruin on darkness and death ! No. vi.] AND LADYS COMPANION. 89 THE MANUAL,.. Purgatives sheuld not be used in any case whatever. Theyare at variance with every principle of my system, as will beseen by reference to the New Guide. They irritate the bowels,and destroy the equilibrium of the circulation, which we shouldalways endeavor to avoid. The sudden deaths of which we of-ten hear as occurring among the Thomsonians, are no doubtprincipally owing to the administratien of cathartics. * * *Since my Agents have discarded the use of butternut and bitter-root, thay are mueh more successful ia tneir practice. Samuel Thomson. BOSTON, FEBRUARY 1, 1840. CO We publish in the present number of theManual a list of Dr. Thomsons Agents. If thro5inadvertence any have been omitted, their namesshall be added after such information has beengiven us. If such is the case, we hope we mayknow it; for, at this time, when there are so manytrespassers abroad in the land, it is proper thatthe public should be made acquainted as far aspo


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