...are higher things than the body ; but, as Rousseau says, in words that cannot be too often quoted : " The stronger the body, the more it obeys ; the weaker the body, the more it commands," — a paradox of profound wisdom ! For it is the strong body that most deftly and nimbly serves the...

...opportunities of convincing himself that this is the fact, and of the truth of Rousseau's assertion, — "The stronger the body, the more it obeys : the weaker the body, the more it commands." Dr. Hodgson expressed his concurrence in the principle laid down by Mr. Tyler, that the object of gymnastics...

...upon this very topic of the relations between the spiritual and the material parts of our nature : ' The stronger the body, the more it obeys ; the weaker the body, the more it commands.' '' Do you not see how this bears upon the question of a man's moral behavior? What is vice — any...

...health." Rousseau has expressed the truth in an epigram as true as it is paradoxical, when he says, " The stronger the body, the more it obeys ; the weaker the body, the more it commands." Those who have inherited a sound constitution and who enjoy robust health, who are free from pain and...

...hurtful, and, if used at all, should be used with great moderation. How true is Eousseau's saying : ' The stronger the body, the more it obeys ; the weaker the body the more it commands.' To be trained too fine is a hundred times worse than no training at all. " Professional trainers invariably...

...been throughout the ages, though not always worded the same. "Mens sana in corpore sano" as well as "The stronger the body, the more it obeys; the weaker the body the more it commands," are still our objectives. The writer prefers to call it making our body an obedient servant. Much of...

...health." Rousseau has expressed the truth in an epigram as true as it is paradoxical, when he says, " The stronger the body, the more it obeys; the weaker the body, the more it commands." Those who have inherited a sound constitution, and who enjoy robust health, who are free from pain,...

...something to be cultivated and perfected just as the mind is, by study. — Golden Bule. WOKTH EEMEMBEEING. The stronger the body, the more it obeys ; the weaker the body, the more it commands. — Rousseau. "We can do nothing without the body ; let us always take care that it is in the first...

...SELECTED BY MISS LEITER. She lives most life who breathes most air. — Elisabeth Barrett Browning. The stronger the body, the more it obeys ; the weaker the body, the more it commands. — Rotuseau. A woman with sound physical conditions, and a libc'ral education is in shape to command...