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After the spirit we must have the body and the mind for the 

 work. Given the spirit, the body responds, and we must have 

 strong, sound, vigorous bodies. We must be able to enjoy, fairly 

 to revel in out-door things. 



"As the bird wings and sings. 

 Let us cry, 'all good things 

 Are ours, nor soul helps flesh now, more than 

 flesh helps soul.' " 



We must have clear, well-developed senses and strong hearts. 



"Eyes, ears took in their dole. 



Brain treasured up the whole; 



Should not the heart beat once 

 'How good to live and learn?' " 



It requires real bodily ruggedness and vigor to say from the 

 heart: 



"Then, welcome each rebuff 

 That turns earth's smoothness rough. 

 Each sting that bids nor sit nor stand but go ! 

 Be our joys three parts pain! 

 Strive, and hold cheap the strain; 

 Learn, nor account the pang; dare, never 

 grudge the throe!" 



Bodily aches and pains, sicknesses of all kinds, are rapidly com- 

 ing to be recognized for what they are — punishments for errors, 

 mistakes or even crimes against one's self. The first duty of life, 

 biological, educational, social, is to keep the bodily machine up to 

 top-notch efficiency. Keep strong, sleep long, breathe deep, eat 

 right, and we shall have bodies sparkling with euphoria and bub- 

 bling over with good health and vital with the will to do good work ; 

 bodies capable of carrying the spirit joyfully every step to tops of 

 mountains and through hard days' works. We need and must 

 have in all normal schools and wherever teachers are trained such 

 practical courses in hygiene and physical culture as will make our 

 teachers an inspiration for good health to every school child in the 

 land. In my experience most of the sourness and grouch in school 

 work — I am tempted to say all of it — is due to physical weakness 

 and ill health, and consequent ill-nature and irritability on the part 

 of teachers, or that of the few defective or ill-kept pupils who are 

 so apt to make life a burden to the teacher and the whole school. 



Properly prepared themselves, teachers will be able to safe- 

 guard the health of their pupils and thus nature -study and civic 

 biology in the high school may be made to serve as the really vital 

 foundations for the conservation of national health. Properly 



