Chapter XXI: Conclusion

In the first eleven chapters of this little book attempt has been made to call attention both to defects and lacks, resulting largely from not taking rational daily exercise, and to what such exercise has accomplished wherever it has been thoroughly tried. In the last two chapters have been suggested not a long and difficult system of gymnastic exercises needing a fully equipped gymnasium, a trained instructor, and years of work to master, but rather a few plain and simple exercises for any given part or for the whole body, and hints as to how to distribute the little time to be given to them daily. The teacher, the parent--the child even, without the aid of either--the young man or woman, the middle-aged and the old, will all find variety enough of work, which, while free from risk, will still prove sufficiently vigorous to insure to each a good allowance of daily exercise. All else that is needed is a good degree of the steadiness and perseverance which are generally inseparable from everything worth accomplishing.

THE END.

TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES:

Passages in italics are indicated by _underscore_.

Illustrations have been moved from the middle of a paragraph to the closest paragraph break.

The word up-hill and uphill has been retained in both versions.

Other than the corrections listed below, printer's inconsistencies in spelling and punctuation have been retained:

changed "spent mainly indoors?" into "spent mainly in-doors?"
page 39

changed "his work on "Sleep," as to" into "his work on "Sleep", as
to" page 44

changed "them "photographed, stripped to the waist, both" into "them
"photographed, stripped to the waist", both" page 144

changed "the 'longshore-man--all at" into "the 'longshoreman--all
at" page 180

changed "bar A A, the operator simply" into "bar A A', the operator
simply" page 216

changed "meets the breast-bone, until" into "meets the breastbone,
until" page 244

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page 249

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page 258

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