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Besides, this man was obviously so much more taken up with himself than with anybody else, that I could not but think these great brain-workers must look on us as things rather than persons.
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It may be that the waste is so very trifling, especially with brain-workers, that one may be a vegetarian, fruitarian, or even an eater of pork, without positive violence to practical physiology.
The No Breakfast Plan and the Fasting-Cure Edward Hooker Dewey
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Of all the people I know who cannot stand alcohol, it is the brain-workers; and you know it is the brain-workers that are increasing in number, and that the people who do not use their brains are going down, and that is a noteworthy incident in relation to the future.
Study and Stimulants; Or, the Use of Intoxicants and Narcotics in Relation to Intellectual Life Alfred Arthur Reade
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The question you ask concerning the effects of alcohol and tobacco upon the health of brain-workers, relatively (I presume) to myself, is
Study and Stimulants; Or, the Use of Intoxicants and Narcotics in Relation to Intellectual Life Alfred Arthur Reade
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We all know that some of the greatest of brain-workers have selected the poorest and barest of spots in which to study.
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The workmen across the street eat to satisfy hunger; the brain-workers, to satisfy the sense of relish; and the meals of the latter are habitually in excess of the real demands because of wasted bodies.
The No Breakfast Plan and the Fasting-Cure Edward Hooker Dewey
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Doctor Fernie recommends the following nut-cream for brain-workers.
Food Remedies Facts About Foods And Their Medicinal Uses Florence Daniel
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Across the street from where I live a new house is being built: for many days during the chilly, windy month of March several men have been engaged high in the air, handling green boards, studs, and joists for ten hours each day; and yet these men are not eating more food daily than hundreds of brain-workers who never have general exercise.
The No Breakfast Plan and the Fasting-Cure Edward Hooker Dewey
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The total force of brain-workers consisted of but two men, Mr. Eaton having the assistance, after the middle of September, of Thomas W. Tucker.
The Bay State Monthly — Volume 2, No. 1, October, 1884 Various
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The following is inserted as additional evidence of Nature's power over disease, and that brain-workers may go on with their labors with increasing power while waiting for natural hunger in cases in which hunger is possible:
The No Breakfast Plan and the Fasting-Cure Edward Hooker Dewey
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