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While the mornings are long and you have leisure to go abroad, what do you do? Why, instead of gaining an appetite for breakfast by salutary exercise, you amuse yourself with books, pamphlets, or newspapers, which commonly are not worth the reading. WHILE THE MORNINGS ARE LONG AND YOU HAVE LEISURE TO GO ABROAD WHAT DO YOU DO WHY INSTEAD OF GAINING AN APPETITE FOR BREAKFAST BY SALUTARY EXERCISE YOU AMUSE YOURSELF WITH BOOKS PAMPHLETS OR NEWSPAPERS WHICH COMMONLY ARE NOT WORTH THE READING
k of Franklin in his youth. We picture him according to the Duplessis (dew-ples′-see) portrait painted in Paris when he was seventy-two; or, according to the old prints that show him wearing the familiar old fur cap and the heavy-rimmed spectacles. Franklin was rather tall (about five feet ten inches), corpulent and heavy, with rounded shoulders. He was a good swimmer; he was muscular and strong, and he was a believer in vegetarianism and air-baths. In late years he suffered from gout in his foot, and wrote in Paris a humorous dialogue from which we get a very good idea of the old gentleman’s habits and tastes. On his appeal to Gout to spare him, his persecutor exclaims: “Not a jot; your rhetoric and your politeness are thrown away; your apology avails nothing. If your situation in life is a sedentary one, your amusements, your recreations, at least, should be active. You ought to walk or ride; or, if the weather prevents that, play at billiards. But let us examine your course of life. QUESTIONS THAT ARE NATURALLY ASKED WE NEVER THINK OF FRANKLIN IN HIS YOUTH WE PICTURE HIM ACCORDING TO THE DUPLECY PORTRAIT PAINTED IN PARIS WHEN HE WAS SEVENTY TWO OR ACCORDING TO THE OLD PRINCE THAT SHOW HIM WEARING THE FAMILIAR OLD FUR CAP AND THE HEAVY RIMMED SPECTACLES FRANKLIN WAS RATHER TALL ABOUT FIVE FEET TEN INCHES CORPULENT AND HEAVY WITH ROUNDED SHOULDERS HE WAS A GOOD SWIMMER HE WAS MUSCULAR AND STRONG AND HE WAS A BELIEVER IN VEGETARIANISM AND AIR BATHS IN LATE YEARS HE SUFFERED FROM GOUT IN HIS FOOT AND WROTE IN PARIS A HUMOROUS DIALOGUE FROM WHICH WE GET A VERY GOOD IDEA OF THE OLD GENTLEMAN'S HABITS AND TASTES ON HIS APPEAL TO GOUT TO SPARE HIM HIS PERSECUTOR EXCLAIMS NOT A JOT YOUR RHETORIC AND YOUR POLITENESS ARE THROWN AWAY YOUR APOLOGY AVAILS NOTHING IF YOUR SITUATION IN LIFE IS A SEDENTARY ONE YOUR AMUSEMENTS YOUR RECREATIONS AT LEAST SHOULD BE ACTIVE YOU OUGHT TO WALK OR RIDE OR IF THE WEATHER PREVENTS THAT PLAY AT BILLIARDS BUT LET US EXAMINE YOUR COURSE OF LIFE
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