Digital heart book

We read that at one time people had so
much work to do and were so thoughtless as to what was good for their
physical welfare that they began to rob themselves of their proper rest.
Others found it convenient to follow occupations which obliged them to
work all night and get what sleep they could in the day-time. Night was
considered about the only time that could be utilized, also, for the
activities of social life.
"This condition lasted a long time, with the tendency continually toward
the practice of encroaching more and more upon the hours of rest appointed
by nature. It was then the period of making many laws, and large and
influential legislative bodies began to set a bad example to the rest of
the world by holding their sessions mainly in the night. Newspapers
thought it necessary to appear full-fledged at the break of day, and the
railroads made but little distinction between darkness and daylight in the
matter of carrying people hither and thither. The change was slow, but it
was in the wrong direction.


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