...the absence of health. A multitude of definitions have been given of health, j but the ancient one, mens sana, in corpore sano — a sound mind, in a sound body — is still unsurpassed in its simplicity and comprehensiveness. Its possession is a subject of consciousness,...

...fairly traced a great number of the ills we suffer, physically, mentally, and even morally. "Mène sana in corpore sano —a sound mind in a sound body— is the great desire of life ; and, as the physical and __ .1 natures act upon each other for health or...

...and muscular systems. This necessity has always been recognized, and has given rise to the aphorism mens sana in corpore sano, a sound mind in a sound body, as essential to health. The restless, ambitious spirit, which impels the people of this country to...

...agitat molem VIRG. — A mind informs the mass. Mens conscia recti. — A mind conscious of rectitude. Mens sana in corpore sano. — A sound mind in a sound body. Mentis penetralia. CLAUD. — The inmost recesses of the mind. Mille animos excipe mille modis. OVID....

...remember death Memorabilia, things to be remembered. Mens conscia recti, a mind conscious of rectitude. Mens sana in corpore sano, a sound mind in a sound body. Meum et tuum, mine and thine. Min'Imum, the least. Mit'tmms (we send), a warrant for committing to...

...Remember death. Memorabilia. — Things to be remembered. MemoriUr.—ty rote. Manage. — Household. Mens sana in corpore sano. — A sound mind in a sound body. Mens sibi conscia recti. — A mind conscious of rectitude. Mensa et thoro, — From bed and board....

...death. Memorabilia, — things to be remembered. Mens conscia recti,— a mind conscious of right. Mens sana in corpore sano,— a sound mind in a sound body. Meum et tuum, — mine and thine. Min'Imum, the least. Mit'tlmus (we send), — a warrant for committal...

...individuals and peoples to break entirely the natural equilibrium of physical and mental functions : mens sana in corpore sano (a sound mind in a sound body) ; if a nation becomes physically enfeebled too rapidly, it will have neither time nor means to fortify...

...vigour, of holiness and heartiness, what is it but a comment upon the too little remembered text, ' Mens sana in corpore sano' (a sound mind in a sound body)." Henry Kirke White was another instance of a man being killed by over -taxing his brains. He was one...

...accordance with this principle, the Romans, in expressing the highest state of health, used the aphorism : " Mens sana in corpore sano"— a sound mind in a sound body. Unfortunately the tendency of our modern civilization is to force the development of the mind far in...