Chapter XI
What Exercise to Take Daily
"It is scarcely credible how far the body may be made proof against all weather, and against even violent exertions by daily exercise."
"A well-framed and exercised body assures sound sense, and right judgment."
"Exercise will invigorate the mind; will render it manly, energetic, indefatigable, firm, and courageous."
"Serenity of mind is the immediate consequence of health of body."
"The sports of children, by exercising and developing the organs, without which the act of thinking is impracticable, lay the foundation for that harmony between the corporal and mental faculties, from which probably arises what we term a sound understanding."—Salzman.
"The weaker the body, the more it commands; the stronger it is, the more it obeys."
"Strength of body and strength of mind; the reason of the sage and the vigor of an athlete, exhibit the most perfect model of a man, and the highest refinement of the mind."—Rousseau.
"It is wonderful how much the mind is enlivened by the motion and exercise of the body."—Pliny (Secund. Epist. I., 6).
"The artist therefore who combines music (that is, the whole circle of knowledge and mental acquirements) with gymnastics, in the most eligible proportions, and applies them to the mind, is to me the most perfect and harmonious physician."—Plato.
An endeavor has been made thus far to point out how wide-spread is the lack of general bodily exercise among classes whose vocations do not call the muscles
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