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Description:Excerpt from Pleasant Hours of Amusement and Entertainment, Vol. 1: Embracing Nine Books in One Volume Children need play. Young people need entertainment. Old people need recreation. Everybody needs it. They can work better and longer for having relaxed a little. Play gives rest from toil and aptitude for labor. It re-creates, strengthens and puts joy into life. There is an old tradition to the effect that when St. John the Apostle was on the Isle of Patmos, a hunter one day finding him in the forest playing with a tame bird, said: "I am surprised to find a holy apostle wasting his time in sport. It befitteth not thy calling." St. John replied to the hunter: "What holdest thou in thy hand?" "A bow," said the hunter, "by which I earn my living." "But I see that the bow is unbent and the cord loosened. Of what use to thee is such a bit of wood and a string? Where is the power in it to send an arrow to its mark?" "Knowest not," replied the hunter, "that if I kept the string tight and the bow bent all the while it would soon lose its power?" "Thou hast rightly answered," said the apostle, "and in answering me thou hast answered thyself concerning my bird and my sport. My bow must sometimes be unstrung." The story is most applicable, and in these days needs to be told over and over again. Overworked men and women, and overcrowded school children need to gain new power, new vitality. There is a difference in entertainment; some give excitement, but not recreation. Some exhaust the nervous system, kindle passion and deaden the brain. Others elevate, uplift and revitalize the system. We must distinguish between the two. Moderate and healthy outdoor and indoor recreations should always be encouraged. The aim of this book is to stimulate development in a physical, mental and moral way through proper recreations. The author through experience has seen the need of just such helps as are herein contained. No greater truth has been proclaimed than that of the old adage, "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy." That the mind may be kept in true, enabling it to produce the highest possible attainment, the body must be healthful and active. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Pleasant Hours of Amusement and Entertainment, Vol. 1: Embracing Nine Books in One Volume (Classic Reprint). To get started finding Pleasant Hours of Amusement and Entertainment, Vol. 1: Embracing Nine Books in One Volume (Classic Reprint), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Excerpt from Pleasant Hours of Amusement and Entertainment, Vol. 1: Embracing Nine Books in One Volume Children need play. Young people need entertainment. Old people need recreation. Everybody needs it. They can work better and longer for having relaxed a little. Play gives rest from toil and aptitude for labor. It re-creates, strengthens and puts joy into life. There is an old tradition to the effect that when St. John the Apostle was on the Isle of Patmos, a hunter one day finding him in the forest playing with a tame bird, said: "I am surprised to find a holy apostle wasting his time in sport. It befitteth not thy calling." St. John replied to the hunter: "What holdest thou in thy hand?" "A bow," said the hunter, "by which I earn my living." "But I see that the bow is unbent and the cord loosened. Of what use to thee is such a bit of wood and a string? Where is the power in it to send an arrow to its mark?" "Knowest not," replied the hunter, "that if I kept the string tight and the bow bent all the while it would soon lose its power?" "Thou hast rightly answered," said the apostle, "and in answering me thou hast answered thyself concerning my bird and my sport. My bow must sometimes be unstrung." The story is most applicable, and in these days needs to be told over and over again. Overworked men and women, and overcrowded school children need to gain new power, new vitality. There is a difference in entertainment; some give excitement, but not recreation. Some exhaust the nervous system, kindle passion and deaden the brain. Others elevate, uplift and revitalize the system. We must distinguish between the two. Moderate and healthy outdoor and indoor recreations should always be encouraged. The aim of this book is to stimulate development in a physical, mental and moral way through proper recreations. The author through experience has seen the need of just such helps as are herein contained. No greater truth has been proclaimed than that of the old adage, "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy." That the mind may be kept in true, enabling it to produce the highest possible attainment, the body must be healthful and active. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Pleasant Hours of Amusement and Entertainment, Vol. 1: Embracing Nine Books in One Volume (Classic Reprint). To get started finding Pleasant Hours of Amusement and Entertainment, Vol. 1: Embracing Nine Books in One Volume (Classic Reprint), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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