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see otherwise admirable young persons who walk with 

 drooping shoulders and awkward movements. Coming 

 back to civilisation with fresh impressions of the people 

 of nature, not a few of the so-called superior race appear 

 as caricatures, in elaborate and complicated clothing, 

 with scant attention to poise and graceful carriage. One 

 does not expect ladies and gentlemen to appear in public 

 in "the altogether," but humanity will be better off 

 when healthful physical development and education of 

 the intellect receive equal attention, thus enabling man 

 to appear at his best. 



