But come to the hill of Pneumonia or Diabetes and you are very likely not to make the grade.
Don't "Kill Your Engine"
¶ The records in America show that thousands of men and women literally "kill their engines" every year when they might have lived many years longer.
How Each Finds Happiness
¶ We live for happiness and each type finds its greatest happiness in following those innate urges determined by the most highly-developed system in its makeup.
The Alimentive's disposition, nature, character and personality are built by and around his alimentary system. He is happiest when gratifying it and whenever he thwarts it he is miserable, just as the rest of us are when we thwart our predominant system.
The World Needs Him
¶ This type has so many traits needed by the world, however, and has such extreme capacity for enjoying life that the race, not to mention himself, would profit greatly by his denying himself excessive amounts of food.
Enjoyment the Keynote of This Type
¶ The good things of life—rich, abundant food and everything that serves the personal appetites—are the cravings of this type.