Keeping physically fit; common-sense exercises for the whole family . is criminal negligence,not alone to herself, but to her it means hard work to get health, andjust as hard to keep it. Nothing in the worldthat possesses any value can be had free. Airis free, but even it must be breathed, and thedeeper and more vigorously it is breathed themore good it does one. ^Nature knows nopause, said Goethe, ^^and attaches a curseupon all inaction. Still water becomes stag-nant, while running water purifies itself. Sloth,like rust, consumes faster than labor bicycle fall
Keeping physically fit; common-sense exercises for the whole family . is criminal negligence,not alone to herself, but to her it means hard work to get health, andjust as hard to keep it. Nothing in the worldthat possesses any value can be had free. Airis free, but even it must be breathed, and thedeeper and more vigorously it is breathed themore good it does one. ^Nature knows nopause, said Goethe, ^^and attaches a curseupon all inaction. Still water becomes stag-nant, while running water purifies itself. Sloth,like rust, consumes faster than labor bicycle falls the moment it stops, and phys-ical exercise and mental activity keep many alife from falling. The ship at the wharf rotsfaster than one at sea. Frogs do not croak inrunning water, but in the stagnant pool. It is the indolent person in whom are founddiscontent and pessimism. The great law ofactivity excuses no one, weak or strong, pooror rich. The poor must work to get moneywith which to secure food and thus satisfy thecravings of the appetite, while the rich must. ^ ^^ CM O O piH o !3 o g s 44 Keeping Physically Fit work in order to create an appetite. When thepores of the body are kept open by regular,common-sense exercise, the pores of the imagina-tion are apt to be closed against tainted subjects. Common-sense Exercise Any kind of physical training which bringsthe desired results may be termed common-sense exercise. All out-of-door sports are ex-cellent because one gains from the highly oxy-genated air. Walking is second to none as anexercise, because it is natural, beneficial, pleas-ing, and safe. Nervousness, sleeplessness, andindigestion are poor pedestrians and will neverovertake one who walks much under the opensky. Horace Greeley said that walking two orthree hundred miles in a clear, calm Octoberwas one of the cheap, wholesome luxuries of life,as free to the poor as to the rich. I would not,however, limit it to one month, but make itgood for all twelve. Walking is o
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