70 GENERAL SCIENCE 



the usual routine of life is set aside 1 . This time should be 

 so used as to rest the worker, and to elevate his intellectual 

 and moral life. 



Sports and games are forms of amusement in which there 

 should be a combination of suitable physical exercise and a 

 rational mental activity, with sometimes one and sometimes 

 the other dominating. The greatest enjoyment and largest 



FIG. 29. A restful scene. 



benefit comes from out-of-doors sports, and from games 

 played for the fun there is in them rather than for commer- 

 cialized or competitive ends. 



To permit one's self to become intensely wrought up, and 

 to experience any long sustained excitement in witnessing 

 professional games or plays presented upon the stage, may 

 be exhausting in its results rather than restful and recupera- 



1 In this connection it is to be observed that the "Ten Commandments" 

 delivered to the Israelites by Moses for their welfare as individuals, and 

 for their existence as a nation, laid stress upon the requirement "Six days 

 shall thou labor" as well as upon setting apart the seventh day as a day of 

 rest and religious observances. 



