Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-11-13
PHYSICAL srRli1|
pee'Ls RESULTING ~.
Or BODILY Ac1r''.,.

"p1r Degree of F..
| to tho Wei Being u =.
Race : ssds''-', .. nm
/ Oveswork.
Nothing Is more abso,r..,
tne wen being Of man mot Az -
mental and even moral.-,h. pA1ds
tivity involved in r,o,,ey , y saa u
But, On the other hand =
upon the physical forces i ! 49,
danger. l. y a cass for M Sai
tne iioratian maxim in regard q
Exactly to defiEe the prossr :. =
tremeiy difficult task. ".
offer me suggestions al M
may prove OF use; and we Nh Z,
upon some OF the peril res,,.s
cess. The ancient Greeks A. w.
centuries supplied tue work.
things, with models Of physicsI 80
climate permitted them 10 ma !, sl'ln
open air; their dress was N -.
they paid great attention = ..asaail
and the development and care = \
ihey We're, as people, pattarr. !.
and wonanly beauty; their 49,
was high, and their longevity ~ sa
The obser atioas made. hcvss
physicians Of the Greek and Ro,.s
conclusively to show that, whcrs.n
activity was carried to undue 49,.
thern---as In the case OF PROTEST.,
etc. the jnvariable result IA.
decay and early death. Ercs.-s
culture during the age Of cbivs,-
the same results. Study Of ~ NJ.
Of England, France and Prusi. 4
times leads to similar conclusior
does the point we are urging hor,.
lives Of individuals, but it il trra .
and races. Perhaps, as regards =. /.
existence as displayed by a rae .
striking argument in favor Of our nj -, .
be found in history Is the neuativsf M
furnished by the Jews This peoaIs n
dispersion, has never in any cene III n. h
attic way cultivated its physiora
never voluntarily borne arms H
no share in the athletic pursuits 3 !
tions among whom it has been nl...s
has never exhibited a high physical s W.
Its worst prosecutions have, prolah,- N
due, more than anything else, 70 i, -, W.
corporal feebleness. Yet toiav NJ
for tenacity and vitality, protablv "
first on earth, and even at this I.t....-'
its history still shows capacity a. -.
ing results in literature, science - a, A..
and commerce that ranks with IL NJ
Full vigor of intellect is ouls -,
based upon vigor of body, and thu So,
body results only from proper erers;ss
Is no unusual thing in colleges 70 spd
dents standing well both in their studs n
in athletics. President Eliot has alv.y, !
a stanch friend OF physical sports. sDd n
self when in college pulled an Gar II Il.
versity crew. No one can ever look :
seph Cook, or could ever have hol.s 4
Agnssiz or Bryant, without at once rscss,s
ing the development and solidity 81 n SC
zeal man. Such instances are almcs e.
merable. But one thing is certain: NJ n,
/ can continually use both his physic.I z,
mental powers at anything like their mi, &
| pacity without soon coming TO rr;ef n.
man nature was not made for this ut 4
thing. 1t is burning the candle at bo,h ~
1t is not given to one man to ba bo.h = =
erson and Sullivan.
A man should decide which hall d MS
nature is to have the lead, and then eusni.
the other half just sufficiently to kssot.
former in condition and to preserve il
proper general balance. If be lives M \
brain, let him take physical exercise s,fEd~t
| to keep his bodily faculties. and bv ss-
quence his brain at their best--but 10; n
E..ich. Ii he lives by his body, certain !,
mixture of brain occupation will mske Ii.
TT only larger, but even actually pbu.
cally healthier man. A body worker shaA||
use this and every other possible uresutal
against undue physical strain. In both u
III all cases vervork of the bodily iqrn
mus result in serious harm. The outside M
be fair, and the external appearance ali ~
could be desired, but inside there will ted u
cay. Wilkie Collins, in one Of his saA
most truly showed how delusive an Il
seeming soundness and vigor Of even "
trained athlete, when the call upon bis VI
tality has been too prolonged or too great q
MDbll HIS IAlN stcdl tlH stibDliltllL uts lFtu "
normally forced-how suddenly his apparel
Robustness disappears, and is replaced By
morbid conditions, upon any suddenGsr n
tension of work or emotion. The case d tie
all conauering but finally fooled SuIivas
which has lately attracted so much attention
seems clearly one exactly in point
For the sake of emphasis we again ay h
the case of the man of sedentary or hna
pursuits, he should employ his body only
enough to keep it active and vigorous and
hence his spiritual faculties bright and ken
without taxing his reserve of vitality Ih
object is not to use himself up as fast IS EOs
sible. 1t is a wasteful and fatal mhnh
to keep the entire endowment at high pro
sure. As regards the man employed in bot
ily labor, 1t is seldom within bis power y
control its amount. 1t may, however, b
said that, as soor as he finds the equipoEsd
his system is being disturbed--a fact which
will generally reveal itself to him thrcugi
some pain or feeling of strain in somelOc
ity. the unnatural action of some organ q
some sensation somewhere that be recosnl1
as not natural-or as soon as be finds thli
his physical strength is gradually lesseuihs,
10 ,,.,, l,,o,y +bat ba has nassed the limit