On brawn and brains
15:4
Book Subtitle: Seneca's timeless letters of advice and wisdom.
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Now there are short and simple exercises which tire the body rapidly, and so save our time; and time is something of which we ought to keep strict account.
These exercises are running, brandishing weights, and jumping,—high-jumping or broad-jumping, or the kind which I may call, “the Priest’s dance,” or, in slighting terms, “the clothes-cleaner’s jump.” Select for practice any one of these, and you will find it plain and easy.
Book: Moral Letters Vol I
Subtitle: Seneca's timeless letters of advice and wisdom.
Author: Seneca
Chapter: On brawn and brains
Location: Chapter 15, Section 4
Content:
4.
Now there are short and simple exercises which tire the body rapidly, and so save our time; and time is something of which we ought to keep strict account.
These exercises are running, brandishing weights, and jumping,—high-jumping or broad-jumping, or the kind which I may call, “the Priest’s dance,” or, in slighting terms, “the clothes-cleaner’s jump.” Select for practice any one of these, and you will find it plain and easy.