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Excerpt from Daily Training
But by this wise provision of nature, Simultaneously with the crowding into towns (a feature, by the way, not of decadent but of increasing national energy, and in evitable to successful competition), came this new feature, the rise of athleticism, and the desire and necessity for the health which athleticism both demands and, on the other hand, brings with it. It is requisite, in order to excel at any game which demands ?eetness of foot, quickness of movement, accuracy of eye, to live.
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