Pedestrianism

256 ON THE PHSYICAL POWERS, &C. able CHRISTOPHERCHRISTIANSTURM . "Man, * * (says he,) in a state of civilization, does not know how much strength he possesses; how much he loses by effeminacy, nor how much he can acquire by frequentexercise. We can­ not but regard with pity thosiendolent beings, who passtheir livesin idlenessand effeminacy; who never exert their strength, nor exercis% ' their powers, for fear of injuring theirhealth, or shortening theirlives." " Let us, in future, therefore,exert all our powers and faculties forthe good of our fel­ low creatures, according to our situation and circumstances; and, if necessity require, let us cheerfully earn our bread by the sweat of our brow; even then our happiness is greater than that of thousands of our fellow men and " the more happy we find our lot com­ pared with [that of] the unfortunavteictims of LUXURY , the more seriously ought we to apply ourselves to fulfil our duties."— Sturm's Rfjiectiom, Sept. XV. ) APPENDIX.