The Roman soldiers who built such wonderful roads and carried
a weight of armor and luggage that would crush the average
farmhand, lived on coarse brown bread and sour wine. They were
temperate in their diet, and regular and constant in exercise.
The Spanish peasant works every day and dances half the night,
yet eats only his black bread, onion, and watermelon. The
Smyrna porter eats only a little fruit and some olives, yet he
walks off with his load of a hundred pounds. The coolie, fed on
rice, is more active and can endure more than the negro fed on
fat meat. The heavy work of the world is not done by men who
eat the greatest quantity. Moderation in diet seems to be the
prerequisite of endurance.--_Public Opinion._
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=Differences of Opinion=--See OPINIONS.