Scientific Athletics

II. thletic con titute, as a whole, the most appropriate medium whereby we are able to maintain unimpaired our phy ical and mental faculti ; and, a herein empha i ed, th y con id rably augment our volition and develop our en e of morality. •\part altogether from thi , tho e wh con titute the sp rt-loving circle ar benefited when attending athletic sport , for th ontra t between th mu cular and vivaciou athlete and the ordinary man annot fail to impr them with a ense of what they ha\'e missed. III. In th athlet w have, a it w r , a mirror reflecting and setting forth the virtue and obligation of a life of rectitud . Here i a repre entation of ideal manhood-one who ha v,ith comparative a e subjugat d and triumph d ov r the pa sions of animal natur . Ov r tho e other and in idiou , becau e more subtle and piritual, temptations which xist in the inmo t r ce e of human nature, he preclominat with appar ntly little ex rtion. Obviou ly there i an inherent ancl lat nt e\·il in human nature, that incapa itate ancl r nd r humanity mor prone to favour p rni iou rath r than virtuou pre d nt ; yet frequently th r i a om what in– voluntary en rgy emanating from nobl xample , which induc other to imitat th m. u h ar th prec cl nts et forth by thos who conform to th xot ri aphorism, '' acr d thy bo ly ev n a~ thy soul,'' by judi iously acquiring th b n fit of athleti– cism. It i 11