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 Before the curing of a strong disease,
 Even in the instant of repair and health,
  The fit read more 
 Before the curing of a strong disease,
 Even in the instant of repair and health,
  The fit is strongest. Evils that take leave,
   On their departure most of all show evil. 
 As man, perhaps, the moment of his breath,
 Receives the lurking principle of death,
  The younger disease, read more 
 As man, perhaps, the moment of his breath,
 Receives the lurking principle of death,
  The younger disease, that must subdue at length,
   Grows with his growth, and strengthens with his strength. 
 Diseases desperate grown
 By desparate appliance are relieved,
  Or not at all.  
 Diseases desperate grown
 By desparate appliance are relieved,
  Or not at all. 
We classify disease as error, which nothing but Truth or Mind can heal.
We classify disease as error, which nothing but Truth or Mind can heal.
 Against diseases here the strongest fence,
 Is the defensive vertue, abstinence.  
 Against diseases here the strongest fence,
 Is the defensive vertue, abstinence. 
 The captive birds no longer flew
Their cadaverous bodies giving flu
and Avian Spongiform Encephalopathy
.. Mad Chicken Mad Turkey read more 
 The captive birds no longer flew
Their cadaverous bodies giving flu
and Avian Spongiform Encephalopathy
.. Mad Chicken Mad Turkey Mad Bird
in Aviano and everywhere daily grew. 
It is with disease of the mind, as with those of the body; we are half dead before we understand read more
It is with disease of the mind, as with those of the body; we are half dead before we understand our disorder, and half cured when we do.
The disease with which the human mind now labors is want of faith
The disease with which the human mind now labors is want of faith
 But just disease to luxury succeeds,
 And ev'ry death its own avenger breeds.  
 But just disease to luxury succeeds,
 And ev'ry death its own avenger breeds.