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Wrestling is simply a sport with rules almost as conventional as those of tennis, while jiu jitsu is really meant for practice in killing or disabling our adversary. WRESTLING IS SIMPLY A SPORT WITH RULES ALMOST AS CONVENTIONAL AS THOSE OF TENNIS WHILE JUJITSU IS REALLY MEANT FOR PRACTICE IN KILLING OR DISABLING OUR ADVERSARY
 home to do some piece of work. If during that whole time you only thought day after day of how soon you would get home I think you would find it difficult to do your best work; and maybe this feeling may be partly responsible for the trouble with the lessons at school. Wednesday, Washington's Birthday, I went to Philadelphia and made a speech at the University of Pennsylvania, took lunch with the Philadelphia City Troop and came home the same afternoon with less fatigue than most of my trips cost me; for I was able to dodge the awful evening banquet and the night on the train which taken together drive me nearly melancholy mad. Since Sunday we have not been able to ride. I still box with Grant, who has now become the champion middleweight wrestler of the United States. Yesterday afternoon we had Professor Yamashita up here to wrestle with Grant. It was very interesting, but of course jiu jitsu and our wrestling are so far apart that it is difficult to make any comparison between them. EAR OR TWO FROM HOME TO DO SOME PIECE OF WORK IF DURING THAT WHOLE TIME YOU ONLY THOUGHT DAY AFTER DAY OF HOW SOON YOU WOULD GET HOME I THINK YOU WOULD FIND IT DIFFICULT TO DO YOUR BEST WORK AND MAYBE THIS FEELING MAY BE PARTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR TROUBLE WITH THE LESSONS AT SCHOOL WEDNESDAY WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY I WENT TO PHILADELPHIA AND MADE A SPEECH AT THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA TOOK LUNCH WITH THE PHILADELPHIA CITY TROOP AND CAME HOME THE SAME AFTERNOON WITH LESS FATIGUE THAN MOST OF MY TRIPS COST ME FOR I WAS ABLE TO DODGE THE AWFUL EVENING BANQUET AND THE NIGHT ON THE TRAIN WHICH TAKEN TOGETHER DRIVE ME NEARLY MELANCHOLY MAD SINCE SUNDAY WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO RIDE I STILL BOX WITH GRANT WHO HAS NOW BECOME THE CHAMPION MIDDLEWEIGHT WRESTLER OF THE UNITED STATES YESTERDAY AFTERNOON WE HAD PROFESSOR YAMASHITA APPEAR TO WRESTLE WITH GRANT IT WAS VERY INTERESTING BUT OF COURSE JUJITSU AND OUR WRESTLING ARE SO FAR APART THAT IT IS DIFFICULT TO MAKE ANY COMPARISON BETWEEN THEM
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