A defence of the Graham system of living, or, Remarks on diet and regimen : dedicated to the rising generation.

Date:
1835
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    fellow men may receive as extensively as possible, the benefits which his instructions are calculated to produce, in reference to their material, mental, and moral capacities, obligations, interests and enjoyments. 5. Resolved, That in acknowledgement of the benefits we have re- ceived from the Lectures of Mr. Graham, we are desirous of presen- ting to him some proper and permanent testimonial of our esteem, friendship, and cordial approbation of his character and conduct, as they have been publicly and privately exhibited, during his residence in this city. 6. Resolved, That we are persuaded that happy results will arise from a candid and rational experiment of the System which Mr. Gra- ham enforces; of the good effects of which, in the economy of hu- man life, there are many living and grateful witnesses. 7. Resolved, That the preceding resolutions be signed by the Chair- man and Secretary of this meeting, and presented to Mr. Graham, and also that they be published. A Committee was appointed to carry the fifth resolution into effect, by appropriating, under instruction, the amount subscribed. S. NEWELL, Chairman, WM. S. PATTEN, Secretary. At an adjourned meeting, holden at Masonic Hall, March 15, 1834, a beautiful silver Fruit Basket, and an elegantly bound copy of Dr. Noah Webster's quarto Dictionary, were presented to Mr. Graham, in fulfilment of the above fifth resolution. At tho close of Mr. Graham's Course of Lectures in Brunswick, Maine, the meeting was cal'ed to order by Dr. Lincoln, and hi3 Ex- cellency, Gov. Dunlap was called to the Chair. Professor Mussey, M. D., Prof. McKean, M. D., J. Page, M. D., I. Lincoln, M. D., S. P. Cushman, M. D., Prof. Newman, Gen. A. B. Thompson, Humphrey Purinton and Charles Thompson, Esqrs., were appointed a committee to draw up resolutions expressive of the opinion which the meeting entertained concerning the lectures delivered by Mr. Graham. The committee having fulfilled this duty, Prof. Mussey, as chairman of the Committee, reported the following resolutions, which were