THE PERFECT MAN FOR LIFE, ASSURANCE.

Westport Times, Volume VII, Issue 1039, 21 January 1873, Page 3

THE PERFECT MAN FOR LIFE, ASSURANCE.

[Thompson's Lecture on Life Assurance.] He has a proper and well proportioned stature without however being too tall. He is rather of the middle size, and somewhat thick set. His complexion is not too florid, at any rate too much redness in youth is seldom a sigD of longevity. His hair approaches rather to the fair than the black, skin is strong but not rough. His head is •not too big, he has large veins at the extremities, and his shoulders are round more than flat, his neck is not too long.his abdomen does not project and his hands are large but not too deeply deft, his foot is rather thick than long, and his legs are firm and round. He has also a broad arched chest, a strong voice, and the faculty of retaining his breath for a long time without difficulty. In general there is a complete harinony in all his parts. His senses are good but not too delicate, his pulse is slow and regular, say 78. His stomach is 'excellent, his appetite and his digestion easy. The joys of the table are to him of importance, they turn his mind to serenity, and his soul partakes of the pleasure which they communicate. He does not cat merely for the sake of eating, but each meal is an hour of daily festivity, a kind of delight attended with this advantage with regard to others, that it does not make him poorer but richer. He eats slowly and has not too much thirst. Too great a thirst is always a sign of rapid consumption. In general he is serene, loquacious, active, susceptible of joy, love, and hope, but insensible to the impressions of hatred, anger, and avarice. His passions never become too violent or destructive, if ever he gives way to anger he experiences rather a useful glow of warmth, an artificial and gentle fever without an overflow of bile. He is fond also of employment, particularly calm meditation and agreeable speculation, is an optimist, a friend of nature and domestic felicity, has no thirst for honor or riches, and banishes all thought of to-morrow.