Anonymous, The Seaside Sibyl; Or Leaves of Destiny…
“ The number of those in the middle or higher classes of society who, without being ever actually sick, never know what full, rejoicing health really is—who live constantly in a lower plane of being than is normal in man, who are weak all over, though not specially and constantly weak in any one organ, and who, though they may never experience piercing and grinding pain, yet suffer at times, if not always, that profound exhaustion which in many respects is far worse than pain—is very large, and is or has been apparently increasing. ”
