Movements or exercises, according to Ling's system for the due development and strengthening of the human body, in childhood and in youth / by M. Roth.

Date:
1852
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    MOVEMENTS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND STRENGTHENING OF THE HEALTHY BODY. I. The general rules for the development of the healthy body are,— 1. The harmonious development of all parts of the human body, by well-determined movements. 2. Well-determined movements are those which are carefully selected in relation to each individual body to be developed by them. 3. The body is justly developed, if all its parts are in the most perfect harmony with each other that is possible, according to the peculiar faculties of every person. 4. The human body cannot be more developed than its faculties permit. 5. By want of exercise the natural faculties of man can be suppressed, but not extinguished. 6. By exercises erroneous and contrary to our designs, natural talents can be even prevented in their develop- ment, therefore improper exercises contribute to produce, with respect to the harmony of the bodily development, more injury than utility. 7. Every partial (one-sided) development makes the movements more difficult as well to learn as to retain them ; a manifold development, on the contrary, simplifies and facilitates them. 8. Stiffness or immobility in a certain part of the body is, in many persons, generally only a partial over-strength, which is always accompanied by a corresponding weakness in other parts.