Brain-Rest

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. In a speech published recently,1 Mr. Herbert Spencer has drawn special and deserved attention to the excessive degree of nervous activity which has become so characteristic a feature of centres of mod ern civilization, more particularly as exhibited in this country. In this connection Mr. Spencer says.