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And I believe that this claim for a healthy body for all of us carries with it all other due claims: for who knows where the seeds of disease which even rich people suffer from were first sown: from the luxury of an ancestor, perhaps; yet often, I suspect, from his poverty. AND I BELIEVE THAT THIS CLAIM FOR A HEALTHY BODY FOR ALL OF US CARRIES WITH IT ALL OTHER DUE CLAIMS FOR WHO KNOWS WHETHER SEEDS OF DISEASE WHICH EVEN RICH PEOPLE SUFFER FROM WERE FIRST SOWN FROM THE LUXURY OF AN ANCESTOR PERHAPS YET OFTEN I SUSPECT FROM HIS POVERTY
 give me—my dealings with my fellow-men—setting aside inevitable accidents which co-operation and forethought cannot control, if there be such? Well, first of all I claim good health; and I say that a vast proportion of people in civilization scarcely even know what that means. To feel mere life a pleasure; to enjoy the moving one’s limbs and exercising one’s bodily powers; to play, as it were, with sun and wind and rain; to rejoice in satisfying the due bodily appetites of a human animal without fear of degradation or sense of wrong-doing: yes, and therewithal to be well formed, straight-limbed, strongly knit, expressive of countenance—to be, in a word, beautiful—that also I claim. If we cannot have this claim satisfied, we are but poor creatures after all; and I claim it in the teeth of those terrible doctrines of asceticism, which, born of the despair of the oppressed and degraded, have been for so many ages used as instruments for the continuance of that oppression and degradation. UNDING CIRCUMSTANCES CAN GIVE ME MY DEALINGS WITH MY FELLOW MEN SETTING ASIDE INEVITABLE ACCIDENTS WHICH CO OPERATION AND FORETHOUGHT CANNOT CONTROL IF THERE BE SUCH WELL FIRST OF ALL I CLAIM GOOD HEALTH AND I SAY THAT A VAST PROPORTION OF PEOPLE IN CIVILIZATION SCARCELY EVEN KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS TO FEEL MERE LIFE A PLEASURE TO ENJOY THE MOVING ONE'S LIMBS AND EXERCISING ONE'S BODILY POWERS TO PLAY AS IT WERE WITH SUN AND WIND AND RAIN TO REJOICE IN SATISFYING THE DUE BODILY APPETITES OF A HUMAN ANIMAL WITHOUT FEAR OF DEGRADATION OR SENSE OF WRONG DOING YES AND THEREWITHAL TO BE WELL FORMED STRAIGHT LIMBED STRONGLY KNIT EXPRESSIVE OF COUNTENANCE TO BE IN A WORD BEAUTIFUL THAT ALSO I CLAIM IF WE CANNOT HAVE THIS CLAIM SATISFIED WE ARE BUT POOR CREATURES AFTER ALL AND I CLAIM IT IN THE TEETH OF THOSE TERRIBLE DOCTRINES OF ASCETICISM WHICH BORN OF THE DESPAIR OF THE OPPRESSED AND DEGRADED HAVE BEEN FOR SO MANY AGES USED AS INSTRUMENTS FOR THE CONTINUANCE OF THAT OPPRESSION AND DEGRADATION
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