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might be the same, but a certain zest would be 

 wanting, just as a glass of cider is rather flat 

 without its sparkle and carbonic acid gas. Even 

 ministers have not reached that point of dis- 

 interestedness which would enable them to work- 

 in a neighbor's garden with the same zeal and 

 pleasure, and therefore the same benefit, as in 

 their own. Exercise that is taken mechanically 

 with no heart or enjoyment, does a man no 

 more good than the running of a machine does 

 it. It simply tends to wear out. I have seen 

 good men solemnly sawing wood before break- 

 fast to strengthen their constitution. I feai 

 only iron constitutions can bear such tonics. I 

 once tried it myself in student days, and the result 

 was backache, headache, and general prostra 

 lion. Exercise in the way of recreation must 

 give employment to the mind as well as the 

 body, and must be of a kind that, as the children 

 say, is "fun" to us. It should be performed 



