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Vol. I. May 11858. jN t o. 3. ,
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XVIII.—PHYSICAL TRAINING-. —^—
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The
THE
ENGLISH WOMAN'S JOURNAL .
PUBLISHED MONTHLY .
Vol. I. May 11858. Jn T O. 3. ,
Vol . I . May 11858 . _jN t o . 3 . ,
Xviii.—Physical Training-. —^—
XVIII . —PHYSICAL TRAINING-. _—^—
- Whoever Lias Watched The Growth From I...
- Whoever lias watched the growth from infancy to childhood , and
from childhood to adolescence , of a circle of young people , must have seen , over and over again , that saddest of all sights , a
premature decay , and early death , at the very epoch when the human being should stand complete in all its powers . Infancy has many dangers ,
and we do not wonder , however much we may grieve , when careless nursing , or an unhealthy season , or any one of the inevitable illnesses
incident to childhood , cuts the thread of that fragile little life which yesterday was not , and which to-morrow will know no more . But
when the tender years of infancy have been successfully passed through;—when childhood and youth have each measured out their
appointed length ;—when the boy ' s lip is fringed with down , and the long curls of the girl are gathered up to suit the dignity of
coming womanhood , —then , —why do they die ? The earth is full of wholesome nourishment , the air is carefully mixed by a Divine
Hand to suit the needs of man . Spring , Summer , Autumn , Winter , are each beautiful , each healthy ; the oak is strong and the rose is
lovely , the wild birds in the tree know no ailment ;—nay , even our domestic animals are usually full of beauty and vigour ; but the young
man and the young maiden drop off from among us , smitten by consumption , by scrofula , or by rapid failure of the vital power . In one
sea-sMe town we have known intimately seven youthful invalids assembled in hope of such small span of life as they might rescue
from the . fell destroyer;—in two years'time all seven had passed away to their untimely rest .
The young student reading hard for his degree , the solicitor ' s clerk working hour after hour at his desk , the youth in the counting-house
who aspires to become a merchant prince of England , one after another droops , sickens , and dies . At first it is but a weariness in
the walk , or an evening headache as the long day ' s work is drawing to a close . This is followed by feverish nights , and a complexion
whose peculiar pale yellow is to an experienced eye the surest symptom of mischief . Then comes the slight cough ; the unhealthy
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), May 1, 1858, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01051858/page/1/
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