, 1869-07-18
TIE REVIVAL OF THE PHYSICAL

If plnto could return to our world after
Lis two thousand years OF sluuber, of pro-
erc.s, of c1Altation or Of punishment, nc
corline ns the state Of viHuous and PHI
iosopLical Pagan utter death nBy be sleep,
education, happiness or woe, among his
first observations, after looking over
one Of our leading modern cities,
would tc something like the following:
:: Mulerns, in your legislatures l see &c
newcd the nncieAt scnatcs; in your pull
pits noncthing better than the ancient
temples; in your books, magazines, nna
newspapers you have mure aDundautly
that food for thought and instruction
Which ve found in ouI Rchools,
lectures mud academic groves; in your
means Of mere cultivation, transportation,
manufactures and travel yoH nrc as fur o'1r
t1lu,iors rs ve wire yours in architecture,
rru],,t1rc, and Il few other forms eE hrt;
,t,,1 b,,tncB nrc more cou1uodiona and conl-
I tt,,lc: yuur whrfare Is moro desperate
nnd fatal: yuu have enlarged science ill the
lightning writea md The Eufl!igh' pAtnta Tor
,n1. l,ni, instead ri tl,pse magnificent
,:niinunl ralnrs which idrali7ed the prize VIZ
f,n In nur ,laveirnl strength and cnltnre,
end Illustrated pur gratitude fer sh" w"''-
d.,fn1 ,nrtics in which We were
t1"tlra. find ruur r"or|" intent
,nh nn t'rr pursuit nt rnaltt: !: In 1'l"r"
# ,,,tmn e'aI"tHtc ru''l'r f'nills TT
ut,r, v.,seiI, st',pi,s a,nnlthfni rtl'atntl"h
,t, r,,,,ol.p, I s,nt HrHrtnss'nl II 'th.
t,,,tlt,t.tr.c, ,tnt1t NJ wt,'tu have fiesrf III
.,elpsl Il, .,,n esrlrnt ln.nty II i''l'. lint
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ur ,u.t H.. +tt.n.4 H'41nls IN tltt"I"uY
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tN14.l.s.,ls t4,t," 'se ~ t,"a''an l:a'"sa. a
f.enp tl.s ,.l..i.l ft4.l Vt their alslitut1t'a.
W. r..."s.,tr .il.e truln tl,e birth Vi tihTial
Aa tit ii, "l~l fact Ut ntlF GI GIsliizatttl. uns
lar..lut.lcAl. 1i,e t'ti4e1 physiological esl
!iri,ens..e1.t ltut within rifty sn4rs ,s.as
Ll,.i na.e hcen slowly da~uing towar
the ln,,u .lsu that, wl.at tbs Asic'ests di
,ut,ls4ll, fr"1u .Auloscof it, VT tuuAt do be
.n,l1iG..lly, fur tlr need We llhye u II
Hence tLr1e has been revival ot the ply
icAl.
VI. llve not, it is true, the represents
tivcs Of nations gathering by maly thor
sands 10 witness our races IN horsel'acl
in cLaro,s and on foot, our gy1nnastic COZ
tehts, rowing matches, swimming bout
fencing tournaments, javelin jousts IN
"Hector end Achilles" spaniug mntch'
with spear md shield, degenerating nj
bloody co1nbats Of glAdiatoEs md brat
bull-hghts (.hcugh b.ser exhibitions tha
the ancieuts would have tolerated are or
modern Spanish bull-baits and AtnericaE
English and Irish rrize-dghts.) But vel
lhc interest taken IN them moro gcner
and national, our yacht regatta
Turnfcsts and 6chutzenfests (omop
the Germaus), old Eoglish cricke
md modern American base bali club
Cambridge, Oxford md Harvard rowis
matches, 1aces, singing and musical fest
vals, ind, in humble AMI poor way, con
na.ed with what they might be, our gyr
nasiu1us md drama attest that no 'c1
influences can wholly subdue the natuF
pride which sound. vigorous and heala
minds mus, always feel in the devclopncl
Of the 1LvsicI man as well as the lHtellec