n, in some fev/ instan-ces, to destroy life in an instant; and vei-yoften fatal disease is brought on by exposure tosuch air, even for a short time. But thegeneral effect of impure air is the gradualdiminution of health and strength, not pro-ducing actual disease, but rather that tendencyto disease… … F all words,excellence is,piobably, oneof the mostaccommodating thatcan be met with inthe English dic-tionary,—its appli-cation being regu-lated by a sort ofintellectual sliding-scale, which adaptsitself at once to thehighest and lowest capacity—supplying anever-ready encomium on the perfect effort…
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