let him learn to perform every exercise which encourages agility of body; let him learn to hold himself… — Jean Jacques Rousseau

let him learn to perform every exercise which encourages agility of body; let him learn to hold himself easily and steadily in any position, let him practise jumping and leaping, climbing trees and walls.

He should emulate the mountain-goat, not the ballet dancer.

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