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mental strength which they had gained by loch and moor。 But it is not
so with their sons。 Their business habits are learnt in the counting´
house�察�a good school�察�doubtless�察�as far as it goes�此 �but one which will
expand none but the lowest intellectual faculties�察�which will make them
accurate accountants�察�shrewd computers and competitors�察�but never the
originators of daring schemes�察 �men able and willing to go forth to
replenish the earth and subdue it。 And in the hours of relaxation�察�how
much of their time is thrown away�察 �for want of anything better�察 �on
frivolity�察 �not to say on secret profligacy�察 �parents know too well�察 �and
often shut their eyes in very despair to evils which they know not how to
cure。 A frightful majority of our middle´class young men are growing
up effeminate�察 �empty of all knowledge but what tends directly to the
making of a fortune�察�or rather�察�to speak correctly�察 �to the keeping up the
fortunes which their fathers have made for them�察�while of the minority�察�
who are indeed thinkers and readers�察 �how many women as well as men
have we seen wearying their souls with study undirected�察 �often
misdirected�察 �craving to learn�察 �yet not knowing how or what to learn�察�
cultivating�察 �with unwholesome energy�察 �the head at the expense of the
body and the heart�察 �catching up with the most capricious self´will one
mania after another�察�and tossing it away again for some new phantom�察�
gorging the memory with facts which no one has taught them to arrange�察�
and the reason with problems which they have no method for solving�察�
till they fret themselves in a chronic fever of the brain�察�which too often
urge them on to plunge�察 �as it were�察 �to cool the inward fire�察 �into the
ever´restless seas of doubt or of superstition。 It is a sad picture。 There
are many who may read these pages whose hearts will tell them that it is
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a true one。 What is wanted in these cases is a methodic and scientific
habit of mind�察 �and a class of objects on which to exercise that habit�察�
which will fever neither the speculative intellect nor the moral sense�察�
and those physical science will give�察�as nothing else can give it。
Moreover�察�to revert to another point which we touched just now�察�man
has a body as well as a mind�察�and with the vast majority there will be no
MENS SANA unless there be a CORPUS SANUM for it to inhabit。
And what outdoor training to give our youths is�察�as we have already said�察�
more than ever puzzling。 This difficulty is felt�察 �perhaps�察 �less in
Scotland than in England。 The Scotch climate compels hardiness�察�the
Scotch bodily strength makes it easy�察�and Scotland�察 �with her mountain´
tours in summer�察 �and her frozen lochs in winter�察 �her labyrinth of sea´
shore�察 �and�察 �above all�察 �that priceless boon which Providence has
bestowed on her�察 �in the contiguity of her great cities to the loveliest
scenery�察�and the hills where every breeze is health�察�affords facilities for
healthy physical life unknown to the Englishman�察 �who has no Arthur's
Seat towering above his London�察�no Western Islands sporting the ocean
firths beside his Manchester。 Field sports�察�with the invaluable training
which they give�察�if not
;The reason firm�察─�
yet still
;The temperate will�察�Endurance�察�foresight�察�strength�察�and skill�察─�
have become impossible for the greater number�此 �and athletic
exercises are now�察 �in England at least�察 �becoming more and more
artificialized and expensive�察�and are confined more and more ´ with the
honourable exception of the football games in Battersea Park ´ to our
Public Schools and the two elder Universities。 All honour�察 �meanwhile�察�
to the Volunteer movement�察�and its moral as well as its physical effects。
But it is only a comparatively few of the very sturdiest who are likely to
become effective Volunteers�察�and so really gain the benefits of learning
to be soldiers。 And yet the young man who has had no substitute for
such occupations will cut but a sorry figure in Australia�察 �Canada�察 �or
India�察�and if he stays at home�察�will spend many a pound in doctors' bills�察�
which could have been better employed elsewhere。 ;Taking a walk; ´
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as one would take a pill or a draught ´ seems likely soon to become the
only form of outdoor existence possible for too many inhabitants of the
British Isles。 But a walk without an object�察 �unless in the most lovely
and novel of scenery�察�is a poor exercise�察�and as a recreation�察�utterly nil。
I never knew two young lads go out for a ;constitutional�察─�who did not�察�
if they were commonplace youths�察 �gossip the whole way about things
better left unspoken�察 �or�察 �if they were clever ones�察 �fall on arguing and
brainsbeating on politics or metaphysics from the moment they left the
door�察 �and return with their wits even more heated and tired than they
were when they set out。 I cannot help fancying that Milton made a
mistake in a certain celebrated passage�察�and that it was not ;sitting on a
hill apart�察─ �but tramping four miles out and four miles in along a
turnpike´road�察�that his hapless spirits discoursed
;Of fate�察 �free´will�察 �foreknowledge absolute�察 �And found no end�察 �in
wandering mazes lost。;
Seriously�察 �if we wish rural walks to do our children any good�察 �we
must give them a love for rural sights�察�an object in every walk�察�we must
teach them ´ and we can teach them ´ to find wonder in
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