Excerpt from On Vital Reserves: The Energies of Men, the Gospel of Relaxation This was the title originally given to the Presidential Ad dress delivered before the American Philosophical Association at Columbia University. December 28. 1906, and published as there delivered in the Philosophical Review for January. 1907. The address was later published, after slight alteration. In the American Magazine for October, 1907. Under the title The Powers of Men. The more popular form is here reprinted under the title which the author himself preferred. From Memories and Studies, Longmms. Green Cc.. I9. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.