"Congest" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... hate, and all forms of unkindness evolve a toxin, katabolism, which tends to clog circulation, disturb digestion, congest the secretions and stupefy the senses; and it tends to the dissolution and destruction of life. All that saddens, embitters and disappoints produces this chemical change that makes for death. "A poison," said Spencer, "is only a concentrated ...
— Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers, Volume 8 • Elbert Hubbard
... connection I shall say of alcoholics that they contain not an atom that can be converted into living atoms; they congest and irritate the stomach, and hence lessen digestive power; and benumb all the ...
— The No Breakfast Plan and the Fasting-Cure • Edward Hooker Dewey |
