HEALTH AS A DUTY 



aration for heaven, calls for health. The 

 most orthodox nowadays, think saintliness 

 to be of little account unless it is of the ac- 

 tive order. Christians, let us hope, more 

 and more incline to model after the Great 

 Saint who went about doing good, rather 

 than after saints who simply sit still and 

 mope, meditate and pray. 



In any calling you will find that the ac- 

 tive, efficient men, the men who bring things 

 to pass, are those physically the strongest, 

 ablest to work long hours, and yet carry 

 their faculties fresh to the end. Study 

 Congress, for instance; seek out the influen- 

 tial members there and see if the rule an- 

 nounced does not hold. Then go to any of 

 the great trusts or massive businesses charac- 

 teristic of present industrialism. You will 

 find the leaders to be men of Herculean 

 physical vigor. 



Obviously this must be the case more and 

 more as life grows increasingly complex. 

 Massed industry is henceforth the order. 

 To attain important position in any depart- 



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