१८ - The ill-fed Hindu goes down before the Englishman fed on imore nutritious food. Herbert Spencer, Children need sunshine, Pure air, good digestion, large lung capacity, nutritive food & a good circulation. They need these things far more than anything else in the world. Perfeet health casts out fear & care. One day of perfeet health must convince a man of the bliss of earthly existence. E. Miles. She who can succeed in teaching the women of India the truth as regards outdoor exercise will be one of the greatest benefactors of the race not only for the present age but for all future time. Every nation. tha: ha fallen a prey to conquerors has been a sitting down nation. T o Se 3 Sanita Science... > Health is the working man's capital. Apollo All professional biography teaches that to win lasting dic. tinction in sedentary, in-door occupations, which task the the bra n and the nervous system, extraordinary toughness of body must accompauy extraordinary mental powers, gee Eliot, President of the Harvard College Man's ethical and spiritual life must be sought to be built upon his physical life and functions.
- The development of the muscles and the limbs. the ri cultivation of the senses and the appetites, which involves both exercise anb abstinence, in due proportion,—these there. fore. necessarily constitute the very basis of the ethical, the emotional, and, through these, of the true spiritual life * The ideal end of the physical life is health and longevity. and physical culture must be directed towards this end. And as these are essential as much to the realisation of individual as to that of national life, as health and longevity are supremely valuable assets to individuals and nations alike, physical culture must necessarily accupy a most prominent place in every scheme of national regeneration.
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