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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Sanitary and Social Lectures by Charles Kingsley: is spoiled or hindered; how many deaths occur from consumption and
other complaints which are the result of this habit of tight
lacing, is known partly to the medical men, who lift up their
voices in vain, and known fully to Him who will not interfere with
the least of His own physical laws to save human beings from the
consequences of their own wilful folly.
And now--to end this lecture with more pleasing thoughts--What
becomes of this breath which passes from your lips? Is it merely
harmful; merely waste? God forbid! God has forbidden that
anything should be merely harmful or merely waste in this so wise
and well-made world. The carbonic acid which passes from your
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