- EAN13
- 9782381113319
- Éditeur
- Human and Literature Publishing
- Date de publication
- 25/02/2022
- Langue
- anglais
- Fiches UNIMARC
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Aide EAN13 : 9782381113319
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Has Boxing a Real Value?
"Both among the Greeks and Romans," says an eminent authority, "the practice
of pugilism was considered essential to the education of their youth, from its
manifest utility in strengthening the body, dissipating all fear, and infusing
a manly courage into the system."
The Greeks and Romans kept boxing in its proper relation to everyday life; not
as a brutal exhibition of skill or strength, but as a healthy exercise to
invigorate the body, expand the chest, strengthen and quicken the muscles, and
render mind and body free, supple, strong, and confident...
How many will say that this is sound doctrine for a man or a community? It is
of little importance, perhaps, whether or not a grown man can play cricket or
row a boat; but it is of very great importance, no matter how cheap pistols or
post-chaises may be, that, in case he were called on, for personal or
patriotic duty, to swim or climb for a life, to fight for a child or a woman,
to defend his country in the field, he should be ready with a strong body, a
stout heart, and a trained hand and mind to raise him over difficulty and
danger.
"Both among the Greeks and Romans," says an eminent authority, "the practice
of pugilism was considered essential to the education of their youth, from its
manifest utility in strengthening the body, dissipating all fear, and infusing
a manly courage into the system."
The Greeks and Romans kept boxing in its proper relation to everyday life; not
as a brutal exhibition of skill or strength, but as a healthy exercise to
invigorate the body, expand the chest, strengthen and quicken the muscles, and
render mind and body free, supple, strong, and confident...
How many will say that this is sound doctrine for a man or a community? It is
of little importance, perhaps, whether or not a grown man can play cricket or
row a boat; but it is of very great importance, no matter how cheap pistols or
post-chaises may be, that, in case he were called on, for personal or
patriotic duty, to swim or climb for a life, to fight for a child or a woman,
to defend his country in the field, he should be ready with a strong body, a
stout heart, and a trained hand and mind to raise him over difficulty and
danger.
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