Physical education; or, the nurture and management of children, founded on the study of their nature and constitution / [Samuel Smiles].

  • Samuel Smiles
Date:
[1838]
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Credit: Physical education; or, the nurture and management of children, founded on the study of their nature and constitution / [Samuel Smiles]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    advancement of knowledge and the promotion of the happiness of our race. Man should especially he taught the knowledge of himself, of his own nature and his relations to his fellow-beings, and thus fitted for his sphere of usefulness in society. By these means the mind is healthfully exercised, the brain, on which its action depends, as well as the physical frame itself, improved ; for regular exercise of each part of the system is beneficial in its effects upon the development of the whole. And by thus bringing the powers and faculties into operation, the whole constitution may become strong and vigorous, and have attained the highest development of which in the present state it is capable, in its physical, moral, and intellectual condition. Thus carried out to its legitimate results. Physical Education will greatly improve the condition of mankind, promote human happiness and enjoyment, and by enabling him to cultivate his higher faculties and affections, raise man, on earth, to the very summit of his nature. TI I K EN'I). Printed by Oliver & Hoyd, Tweeddale Court, Lligli Street, Edinburgh.