To a determined mode in which the brain exercises the faculties peculiar to itself, is given the appellation of reason.
Nature gives man legs, the nurse teaches him their use, his agility depends upon their natural conformation, and the manner in which heexercises them.
The authority which a father exercisesover his family is only founded on the advantages which he is supposed to procure for it.
When they were in the field, their exercises were generally more moderate, their fare not so hard, nor so strict a hand held over them by their officers, so that they were the only people in the world to whom war gave repose.
They used honest pastimes and liberal studies, not esteeming sloth and idleness honest and liberal, but rather such exercises as hunting and running, repelling robbers, taking of thieves, and delivering the wronged and oppressed from injury.
Being asked what sort of martialexercises or combats he approved of, he answered, "All sorts, except that in which you stretch out your hands.
But he would never recite his exercises before company, nor was he ever heard to declaim.
For thirty-eight days, with all the freedom in the world, he amused himself with joining in their exercises and games, as if they had not been his keepers, but his guards.
The exercises were very poorly attended and the celebration rather a failure.
That is why I shall continue the exercises after I have practiced with a mule or a cow-catcher two or three weeks, and feel a little more confidence in myself.
The years passed, and, as the day finally arrived on which she was to leave school, the performances which marked the closing exercises were given as usual by the pupils.
The entire nation gathers together once a year to witness these sports and exercises and judge the skill of the contestants.
When you see our youth, our young men and women, contest for the honors in our games and militaryexercises you'll realize the truth of this.
A friend whose daughter took part in the exercises had persuaded him, much against his will, to attend; for what possible interest could a veteran of the ballet take in such amateurish exhibitions?
Afterward he could take no more conspicuous part in the Sunday exercises than to pray a long prayer, into which he sometimes worked a short sermon.
It is to be regretted that the order of exercises at the public recognition of this new interest cannot be found.
Besides this, nearly all of our ministers hold a service in the afternoon of the Sabbath, in which all exercises are particularly adapted to their capacities and wants.
The church, however, by a majority vote chose Andrew Marshall in preference to Evans Great, and the former entered upon the service with exercises auguring well for success.
His mother was tall, pale, lymphatic, devoted to religious exercises and austerities.
Loyola's dislike for the common forms of monasticism appears in his choice of the ordinary secular priest's cassock for their dress, and in his emancipation of the members from devotional exercises and attendance in the choir.
The sphere traversed in these exercises was a narrow one.
On further reflection, it appeared to be barely possible that Miss Westerfield might be preparing her pupil's exercises for the next day.
Sydney's agitation at the prospect of meeting the ladies in the drawing-room added a charm of its own to the flush that her exercises before the glass had left on her face.
The works mentioned so far are hardly more than able exercises preparatory for the ampler and more finished products which were to succeed them.
At the hour appointed we assembled in the camp, and engaged in the exercises of a religious conference.
Before exerciseswere commenced, the body was anointed, and fine sand or dust applied.
Hippocrates described exercises of the kind now known as Swedish, consisting of free movements without resistance.
Oribasius, and Antyllus, too, in their writings, recommend specialexercises which appealed to their judgment.
Massage was used before and after exercises in the gymnasium, and was performed by anointing the body with a mixture of oil and sand which was well rubbed into the skin.
The gymnastic exercises of the Greeks date from very early times, and at first were of a warlike nature, and not reduced to a system.
He had little or no faith in drugs, and relied mainly upon diet, exercises and massage, and, to some extent, upon surgery.
The gymnasia were dedicated to Apollo, the god of healing, and exercises were considered of greater importance for restoring health than medicinal treatment.
Lucian attributes not only the bodily grace of the Ancient Greeks, but also their mental pre-eminence, to the gymnastic exercises which they practised.
From the writings of Greek and Roman physicians there is no other conclusion to be drawn but that exercises and gymnastics were in great vogue for medical purposes, and were of the utmost benefit.
In the time of the Republic Greek exercises were held in contempt by the Romans, and the first gymnasia in Rome were small, and connected only with private houses or villas.
Galen was a strong advocate ofexercises and gymnastics, and eulogizes hunting specially.
It covered a great deal of mysticism, magic and spiritualism, and the followers of the system, as it developed, became believers in the efficacy of certain exercises and symbols to cure diseases.
George Whitfield, a venerable Baptist minister, came from the neighboring town of Clinton and conducted devotional exercises and gave a talk on woman's position from a Biblical standpoint.
The reading of history, and the exercises of good reading and just speaking still continued.
The exercises of good reading, and proper speaking, still continued at suitable times.
Once a year, let there be public exercises in the hall; the trustees and citizens present.
All breathing exercises should be deep, commencing with the abdomen, and should expand the chest to the fullest capacity.
The long speeches of Brutus and Antony may be practised by themselves as exercises in Emphasis and Inflection.
Exercises of the throat and neck develop and keep flexible the vocal cords, which are of prime importance in producing pure tones.
To secure good reading, systematic drill on theexercises in Vowel Sounds and in Articulation is also necessary.
Exercises for drill in the vowel sounds and in articulation are provided in Appendix A.
Are you sufficiently acquainted with my retired studies and religiousexercises to warrant the suggestion that I get along without acknowledging the wisdom of God?
These pious breathings are theexercises of the children of God.
Even in the smallest boarding-schools, the school exercises must be announced by the drum and the uniform worn under penalty of being shut up] [Footnote 6121: Ibid.
The university, generally, is in some small town; the student has no society but that of his comrades and his professors; again, the university has jurisdiction over him and itself exercises its rights of oversight and police.
In each of his qualifications he renders an important service to the public, he exercises an honorable profession; let him be competent and expert, that concerns society.
The drum, the drill and otherexercises too evidently Napoleonic disappear almost immediately in the private and public establishments devoted to common instruction.
But, in law as well as in fact, the University of 1808 still subsists; it has kept its rights, it levies its taxes, it exercises its jurisdiction and enjoys its monopoly.
It exercises no public function of any description which should warrant granting it immunity from the general laws binding on all members of the community.
Moreover, the most effective means for developing the muscular sense is through the expressive exercisesreferred to above.
Further consideration will show, however, that, at least after very early childhood, the mind usually exercises a strong selective control over what shall occupy consciousness at any particular time.
In such exercises situations may be continually created in which the pupil must deliberate upon alternative lines of action and make his choice accordingly.
He may discover to what extent concentration in securing neat exercises in one subject, composition for instance, affects the exercises in other subjects in which neatness has not been explicitly demanded.
In play, however, the child not only secures physical development and a control of bodily movements, but also exercises and develops other tendencies and powers.
It should be seen that such children in their various exercises are made to inhibit their actions sufficiently to allow them to deliberate and choose between alternative modes of action.
The young child, for instance, may instinctively bite whatever enters his mouth, but the older child has learned that this is not always desirable, and therefore exercises a voluntary control over the movement.
One important result of physical exercises with the young child is that they develop in him this deliberate control of bodily movements.
Again, in expressive exercises intended merely to impart new knowledge, it may happen that the teacher will lay too much stress on perfect form of expression.
It is for this reason, that the ordinary lessons and exercises of the school, when presented to the children as actual problems, constitute an excellent means for developing will power.
Many teachers so conduct these exercises that children keenly enjoy them.
The time is coming when formal indoor gymnasiumexercises for normal pupils or normal students will be considered an anomaly.
Formal exercisesshould never be given to any child without examination and prescription by a physician.
Formal exercises in cramped space, in ill-ventilated rooms, with tight belts and heavy shoes, are conceded to be pernicious.
Attention might be called to many a class engaged in breathingexercises when by actual count over half the boys were holding their mouths open.
He then devoted himself to various religious exercises till nine, and next went forth to work in the fields.
Abelard ended his days in pious exercises in the monastery of Cluny.
He combined agriculture and woodcutting with exercises of piety, and introduced a more severe system of discipline.
They joined in the exercises eagerly as in any frolic, and sent their distaffs as presents to the knights and nobles who had not courage to go from home.
The soldiers fired at the evangelists in the roof, rioted in wanton spoil, and they performed their militaryexercises daily in the nave of the cathedral.
Choral processions and singing of hymns and anthems were thought fit exercises for this memorable anniversary.
He had great delight in the spiritual exercisesof Mass.
In these days, when so many ladies practise gymnastics and athletic exercises generally, there ought to be no difficulty in acquiring this useful habit.
Besides the "fatigues" necessary for keeping the camp in order there were route marches for those who could march, and an elaborate system of physical exercises under trained instructors.
She tried to induce me--she actually had induced one of my predecessors--to write French exercises in the evenings.
