夜明け

DAWNよあけ[/dɔn/]名詞

解説

理性的な人々が床につく時刻。

老人の一部はこの時間に起き、冷水浴や空腹での散歩をし、体をいじめる。
それを自らの健康長寿の原因と誇るが、実際に習慣のおかげではなく、ただ生き残っただけである。
この行いを続けているのが壮健な人ばかりなのは、他の挑戦者がすでにんだからだ。

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Original

The time when men of reason go to bed. Certain old men prefer to rise at about that time, taking a cold bath and a long walk with an empty stomach, and otherwise mortifying the flesh. They then point with pride to these practices as the cause of their sturdy health and ripe years; the truth being that they are hearty and old, not because of their habits, but in spite of them. The reason we find only robust persons doing this thing is that it has killed all the others who have tried it.

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