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BOXING COMPARED WITH OTHER EXERCISES.
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limbs, all but the eyes, have to do their full share of the work.
Boxing leaves out nothing; it exercises the whole man at once and equally—the trunk, the limbs, the eyes—and the mind.
Swimming is, more than any other physical exercise, a reversal to the primitive. The swimmer has no thoughts—only perceptions. He sees, in a vague way, the trees on the shore, the clouds, the ripple on the wave within thirty
"DUCKING" A LEAD WITH THE LEFT.
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inches of his lips, and he feels the embracing water in a manner that diffuses thought or sensitiveness all over his body, taking it away from the brain. No swimmer thinks—he merely takes care. He is in a condition of animalism. The
