...great man by-and-by than a dozen professors. A certain modern writer puts it in this emphatic way : " The first requisite to success in life, is to be a good animal;" and tersely adds, " A weak mind in a herculean frame is better than a giant mind in a crazy constitution."...

...a healthy stomach without a mind, or the prize of a fine intellect with a crazy stomach. But of ,i the two, a weak mind in a herculean frame is better...they could never approach without it. But intellect r 1 in a weak body is '• like gold in a spent swimmer's pocket." A mechanic may have tools of the...

...life if he draws the prize of a healthy stomach without a mind, or the prize of a fine intellect with a crazy constitution. A pound of energy with an ounce...constitution is equal to at least fifty per cent, more brains. With health, judgment, imagination, eloquence, all the qualities of the mind attain thereby...

...boys." Before passing on to " Possible Abuse of Athletics " I may quote Herbert Spencer's dictum — " The first requisite to success in life is to be a good animal, and to be a nation of good animals is the first condition of national prosperity." Also from Dr Beddoe/in...

...men who are strong and vigorous. It has been said with much truth that one of the first requisites of success in life is to be a good animal. " In any of...the qualities of the mind, attain thereby a force aiid splendor to which they could never approach without it. But intellect in a weak body is " like...

...an ounce of talent will achieve greater results than a pound of talent with an ounce of energy." " In any of the learned professions, a vigorous constitution...is equal to at least fifty per cent, more brain." Napoleon was accustomed to say, " The first requisite of good generalship is good health." It will...

...A PULPIT FORCE. A LITERARY celebrity, whose name has temporarily escaped the writer, has said that the first requisite to success in life is to be a good animal. That saying would doubtless have been approved as a faithful one in the groves of the Cephissus, for...

...felly. Dywedir, yn awr, fod mawredd ein dynion enwog yn ymddibynu gymaint ar у corfl ag ar у meddwl. •'The first requisite to success in life is to be a good animal " (Dr. Mathews). Mae yr ystyriaeth hon yn dangos gwerth corff iachus a chadarn, a'r anghenrheidrwydd...

...physical vigour is absolutely essential for the proper performance of daily duty, manual or mental. "The first requisite to success in life is to be a good animal."\ This principle often seems to have exceptions, but it is true, on the physical side at least. Most...

...College of Medicine is said to be ready to receive a large class of students. Herbert Spencer says that "the first requisite to success in life is to be a good animal." The Medical Department of the University of Vienna last year contained 2,673 students. The International...