hand with the cigar or cigarette. We must also agree
with Sir Henry when he declares that smoke and alcoholic
drinks are only found associated together in Great Britain
and other northern nations, where there are to be found
the most insensitive palates in Europe. It is a good thing,
therefore, that the habits followed here are unknown to him,
or else Australia would certainly have had a rap over the
knuckles.
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CHAPTER Vir.
EXERCISE.
This comes last alphabetically of the fire essentials con-
cerned in the maintenance of health — namely, ablution :
the skin and the bath ; bed-room ventilation ; clothing ;
diet ; and exercise — but it is none the less important on that
account. Exercise may be defined as action of the body,
whw^by its organs and their functions are kept in a state
of health. Each one of us has from the moment of his
existence a certain stature allotted, as it were, to which he
will attain. In this way some will be tall, others will be
short, so that the height of the body is something quite
beyond our control, as we know by the interrogation,
"Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit to
his stature ? " But in contradistinction to height, we
know that the muscles of the body can be developed and
increased in size by use. It is by their action in exercise
that the muscles are enlarged, hardened, and brought to
their greatest state of perfection. And it is only by
exercise, and by exercise alone, that they can be maintained
at the acme of physical condition.
Now, in the same way that education develops and increases
the power of the brain, so exercise has a similar effect on the
body. "When the muscles are strengthened, the beneficial
effect is also participated in by the heart, lungs, and
digestive organs, and thus the removal of worn-out material
from the body is assisted. The effect of exercise is thus to
remove used up products from the system, and so afford an
opportunity for renewed material to take their place. Cease-
less changes are constantly going on throughout the body,
and any part which has fulfilled its object is no longer neces-
86 THE ATiT OF LIVING IN AUSTRALIA.
sary for the requirements of the system, in fact it becomes
injurious. Its removal has to take place by one of the various
outlets, and it is by exercise that its expulsion is greatly
assisted. In this way exercise differs altogether from the part
played by food. The latter is the introduction of nourish-
ment into the system for the renewal of its wants, while exer-
cise is the principal agent by which debris is eliminated.
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AI-modernized reading of the original text
hand with the cigar or cigarette. We must also agree with Sir Henry when he declares that smoke and alcoholic drinks are only found associated together in Great Britain and other northern nations, where there are to be found the most insensitive palates in Europe. It is a good thing, therefore, that the habits followed here are unknown to him, or else Australia would certainly have had a rap over the knuckles.
( 85 ) CHAPTER Vir.
This comes last alphabetically of the fire essentials concerned in the maintenance of health — namely, ablution : the skin and the bath ; bed-room ventilation ; clothing ; diet ; and exercise — but it is none the less important on that account. Exercise may be defined as action of the body, whereby its organs and their functions are kept in a state of health. Each one of us has from the moment of his existence a certain stature allotted, as it were, to which he will attain. In this way some will be tall, others will be short, so that the height of the body is something quite beyond our control, as we know by the interrogation, "Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit to his stature ? " But in contradistinction to height, we know that the muscles of the body can be developed and increased in size by use. It is by their action in exercise that the muscles are enlarged, hardened, and brought to their greatest state of perfection. And it is only by exercise, and by exercise alone, that they can be maintained at the acme of physical condition.
Now, in the same way that education develops and increases the power of the brain, so exercise has a similar effect on the body. "When the muscles are strengthened, the beneficial effect is also participated in by the heart, lungs, and digestive organs, and thus the removal of worn-out material from the body is assisted. The effect of exercise is thus to remove used up products from the system, and so afford an opportunity for renewed material to take their place. Ceaseless changes are constantly going on throughout the body, and any part which has fulfilled its object is no longer necessary for the requirements of the system, in fact it becomes injurious. Its removal has to take place by one of the various outlets, and it is by exercise that its expulsion is greatly assisted. In this way exercise differs altogether from the part played by food. The latter is the introduction of nourishment into the system for the renewal of its wants, while exercise is the principal agent by which debris is eliminated.