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bird of prey obeys its instincts as unswervingly as the 

 woodpecker does when it sends its attenuated and 

 barbed tongue into a worm-hole and drags forth a 

 grub to be swallowed as a delicious morsel. When we 

 shoot birds for mere sport we are more to be blamed 

 than the hawk or owl for taking life to satisfy the 

 pangs of hunger. ... 



The comely athlete has developed his stalwart 

 form and figure by manly sports or toughening acts. 

 Those artistic arms and legs were not brought out in 

 groveling pursuits those fine muscles were trained 

 into shape by methodical exercise. The gymnasts of 

 our best schools for physical training were developed 

 day by day in systematic efforts. The overworked 

 rustic is neither an athlete nor a gymnast ; he exer- 

 cises his muscles, but not methodically he is a slow 

 molded drudge. A Grecian face and " a mold of 

 form" are combinations almost never seen among 

 common laborers, for such are not fed with care, and 

 groomed by skilled hands. Even the prize-fighter is 

 fed and handled with artistic skill for weeks before he 

 enters the prize ring. The huge tragedian, as he 

 stalks on the stage, displaying the arms of Vulcan 

 and the calves of Milo, had to attain the gigantic de- 

 velopment by several semesters in the best gymnastic 

 schools. 



There is a branch of anatomy studied and culti- 

 vated by painters and sculptors. It marks the out- 

 lines of men and animals, and embraces their features. 

 The antique group, combining Amazon, horse, and an 

 attacking feline, is an artistic display which commands 

 the attention of the skilled and the untutored in aes- 

 thetics. . . .... Leonardo da Vinci engaged in mak- 

 ing human dissections when anathema was pronounced 



