. Dr. Evans' How to keep well; . n that early day and at that they tried to com-promise. Said they: This walking on the hind legs is a good thing in some cases, but there is about half the time when the old way is the better way. We, the banderlog, have more wisdom than Mowgli. We will walk on two legs when that is best and on four when that way is best. The banderlog missed the essen-tial point. The reason for walking onthe hind legs was to free the forelegsfor other work. Work was more im-portant than walking. The upright posture is far frombeing a perfect posture for man. Inthe thousands of
. Dr. Evans' How to keep well; . n that early day and at that they tried to com-promise. Said they: This walking on the hind legs is a good thing in some cases, but there is about half the time when the old way is the better way. We, the banderlog, have more wisdom than Mowgli. We will walk on two legs when that is best and on four when that way is best. The banderlog missed the essen-tial point. The reason for walking onthe hind legs was to free the forelegsfor other work. Work was more im-portant than walking. The upright posture is far frombeing a perfect posture for man. Inthe thousands of years that he has beenwalking that way he has not whollyrearranged himself on that of his anatomical points are onthe old basis. From an incompleteadjustment the appendix results and inits wake comes appendicitis. From itcomes constipation and the list of ills that follow it. In many things in life we gain by following our animal instinct. When in doubt in many situations the way to trump is to follovj instinct. 1059. Fig. 431.—Bad Posture, Due to DeskWhich Is Too Low. 1060 POSTURE—HEIGHT However, this is not true of posture. Man holds himself upright as theresult of the call to higher things. His instinct would make him slouchand slump. The spirit in him calls on him to toe, to stand straight and square, tohold his head up and his chin in and to look straight to the front. The animal in him, the great instinct that has come down in his germplasm through the ages, bids him slouch. When the best in him is dominating hestands four square. When he is worn by sick-ness or by age he stoops. One of the helpful chapters in BancroftsPosture of School Children is entitled ErectCarriage as an Expression of Intelligence andCharacter. He says: That a person standingerect looks to be more intelli-gent and energetic than onein poor posture needs no ar-gument; it is this appearance, giv-ing it reality, lies the bio-logic fact that the erect posi-tion has bee
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