Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1884 Excerpt: ...the point has been tested--and it has often been tested--the truth has been confirmed that he who would do his very best and most, whether in rowing, lifting, running, watching, mowing, climbing, fighting, speaking or writing, must not admit into his system one drop of alcohol." Men whr are famous for athletic achievments and feats of endurance must be temperate men, at least during their severe ordeals. Said Tom Bayers, the prize-fighter; "I'm not a teetolaler; but when I've any business to do, there's nothing like water and the dumb bells." One of the best marksmen in New York city held that "in rifle shooting the variance of a hair's breadth makes the difference at the muznle of 100 yards; and a man must have absolute command of his nerves. A man who would win must not 'steam'." Dan Mace, when in his prime on the road, drank nothing stronger than lemonade. He said once: "A single glass of whisky affects my nerves. Men who drink on the road would not entrust their valuable teams to me if I was not in the driving season a teetotaler." The champion player in a billiard contest told an inquirer: "We cau't drink and do anything. We have to abstain totally from all stimulating beverages while we play. We have a season of preparation. We have to be clear and cool, or we fail. The reason that so many eminent players pass out of sight is, they drink. Then the nerves grow unsteady and he fails, and all is up with the player. The drinking goes deeper and the playing worse." The same principle applies with equal truth to common labor. A careful scientifically conducted ex periment was made in England during an entire year with two gangs of brickmakers, one total-abstinence men, the other moderate drinkers. The result was ...
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