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Introduction

"A bealtby body is tbe Tabemacle but a siekły om tbe Prison of tbe sotil." . . .

BACON.

1T is oficn not until we are actaally ill that wc begin to realisc what a vaiuab!e asset is hcalth. It is interesting to notę the number of people wiio, bccause at somc time or other have suffered from some long and weakening illness, or who wcrc bom physically wcaker than the average, take up physical-culture and achieve a srate of fitness, vigour and devclopmcnt which is often far aboye the ayerage. Many of the World fomous athletes werc incited to stxive after bodily pcrfection bccause of some physical handicap tliey .had in their youth. It would be a pity if cycryonc had to cxpcricncc a long period of bad health before they wcrc urged to interest themsclves in their physical wcll-being. Littlc common sense is necdcd to appreciate that good hcalth is perhaps the most valuablc attributc anyonc can possess, and cvcryonc thereforc should make a serious effort to obtain and kecp in pcrfect health.

The objcct of this*coursc is thrce-fold, first to cradicate any minor ailments from which the pupil may be suffering and then to build him up to pcrject health; secondly by mcans of a progrcssive system of body-building exercises to build his physiquc to the maximum deyelopment possible commcnsurate with his bonę structurc; and lastly to cnablc him to kcep at the pcak of hcalth and physical pcrfection by means of the minimum effort. In addition, it is hoped that the naturę of this course of Scicntific Body-Culture, it’s modę of presentation, the art photojgraphs contained therein, and the tcxt, will inspirc the pupil to keep cver befoire him tlte strong desire to pursuc hcalth and the attainment of a bcauti-ful body as a high and worthy ideał. It is for this reason that much carc and forc-thought has bcen devoted to the production of this course, as it is thought that to assist a pupil in accjuiiing hcalth and strength is not cnough in itsclf, but that hc must havc instilled within h m the desire to make physical-culture a pefmanent and important part of his lite.

Thcrc is absolutcly no doubt whatsocver that, provided notbing is pathologic-ally the matter with the pupil and that he conscientiously and diligcntly follows thć instructions givcn .him HE CANNOT FAIL TO ACHIEYE ROBLST HEALTH AND A PHYSIQUE WHICH IS AS NEAR TO PERFECTION AS IS HliMANLY POSSIBLE.

IAN MACQUEEN.