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 brain, for a man entered for a life race of any really high class. What a grand thing it would be for this nation it every teacher in it not only awoke; but took wise action in this matter'.

And what holds good as to professional men in this respect, of course will apply with equal force to busy brain-workers in any other line as well.

In one of his annual reports of Harvard University, President Eliot, who has been exceptionally well placed to observe many thousand young men; and to know what helps and what hinders their intellectual progress; adds his valuable testimony to the importance of vigorous health and regular physical exercise to all who have, or expect to have, steady and severe mental work to do. Busy professional men may well heed his words. Speaking of the value of scholarships to poor but deserving young men, he says:

"If sound health were one of the requisitions for the enjoyment of scholarships, parents who expected to need aid in educating their boys, would have their attention directed in an effective way to the wise regimen of health; while young men who had their own education to get, would see that it was only prudent for them to secure a wholesome diet, plenty of fresh air, and regular exercise. A singular notion prevails, especially in the country, that it is the feeble, sickly children who should be sent to school and college; since they are apparently unfit for hard work. The fact that, in the history of literature, a few cases can be pointed out in which genius was lodged in a weak or diseased body, is sometimes adduced in support of the strange proposition that physical vigor is not necessary for professional men. But all experience contradicts these notions. To attain success and length of service in any of the learned professions, including that of teaching, a vigorous body is wellnigh essential. A busy lawyer, editor, minister, physician, or teacher has need of greater physical endurance than a farmer, trader, manufacturer, or mechanic. All professional biography teaches that to win lasting distinction in