HOW TO GET STRONG
And who does not know his body? In his Autobiography, he says that "his father had an excellent constitution of body; was of middle stature; but well set and very strong."
He tells of a walk that he himself took from Amboy to Burlington, New Jersey, when he was seventeen years old, and although it was stormy, and, as he says, "I was thoroughly soaked, and by noon a good deal tired"; yet he managed to cover the distance of fifty miles in about two days. He also tells that while in a boat on the Delaware with other young men, one of them threatened to throw him overboard; but that he instead caught the other up bodily, and threw him overboard.
His familiar statue in Printing-house Square in New York tells better than any description could of his superb physique; of medium height and sturdy, evidently like his father. He is a noticeably deep-chested, strong-legged, thick-necked, almost stalwart man, looking to have had, as his life's work showed that he did have, great physical reserve; while calmness is written all over his face and figure. Of the Boston statue, in front of the City Hall, one writer says: "The attitude of the figure is easy, and yet exhibits a firm and manly form. Under the left arm is held a Continental hat; while the
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