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TTe have in our mind at this moment two persons, in a 

 condition of perfect health and muscular development, who 

 have devoted about fifteen years to the same kind of athletic 

 exercise, but who present the most marked differences in 

 muscular power. One of these has an enormously-developed 

 muscular system, the muscles being large and as hard as is 

 ever seen. In this individual, the arm over the biceps meas- 

 ures seventeen inches in circumference. He can raise from 

 the shoulder with the right hand and stand erect with the 

 arm straight under a weight of a little less than one hundred 

 pounds. The other individual has muscles of about the same 

 hardness, but very much smaller. His arm measures over 

 the biceps a little more than fourteen inches ; but he can 

 raise from the shoulder a weight of one hundred and thirty- 

 eight pounds. A third individual can " put up " from the 

 shoulder, a dumb-bell of the enormous weight of one hundred 

 and eighty-one pounds. This feat we have seen executed, 

 and have accurately verified the weight. The gentleman 

 referred to, Mr. Richard A. Pennell, of Xew York, is not a 

 professional gymnast, but is one of the strongest men, in this 

 particular exercise, on record, certainly in this country. His 

 height is five feet ten inches ; weight, one hundred and 

 ninety-five pounds, without clothing ; his muscles are large, 

 but rather soft. As this exhibition of muscular power is, 

 we believe, almost unparalleled, we may state that the weight 

 is pushed slowly and gradually from the shoulder, the arm is 

 straightened, and the body is brought to an erect position 

 under the weight, which is held perfectly balanced in the 

 right hand for several seconds. Less striking examples of 

 such differences in muscular quality are innumerable, and 

 must have been observed by those interested in athletic exer- 

 cise ; and in view of this, it seems not only possible but prob- 

 able, that the generating portion of the nervous system pos- 

 sesses analogous differences in quality in different persons. 



In concluding this portion of our argument, we present 

 a table of an exceedingly interesting series of observations 



