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Identifier: physicalculture201908macf (find matches)
Title: Physical culture
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: MacFadden, Bernarr Aldolphus, 1858-
Subjects: Physical education and training
Publisher: New York : Physical Culture Publishing Co.
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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ing soft and flabby. They are un-questionably too fat. This woman,however, if she were to adopt a sug-gestion made in a previous article,that is, to take fancy dancing exercises,would soon possess a very superior figure.These exercises would round out herbody to more symmetrical proportions,would strengthen all parts, and thusgive her that ease and grace of bearingwhich is always a part of real womanlybeauty. In fact, there is a beauty in the meremanifestation of health and vigor which is immediately noticeable to any closeobserver. You take a woman, forinstance, who is strong and active,possessing that buoyant health whichseems to brace one up, and to a certainextent make life more than usuallydelightful. You will find that she willwalk erect. There will be a certainindefinable grace manifested in thevery poise of her body. You mightsay that such a woman would move withthe ease of a panther, and yet, it is anunfavorable comparison, for the proud,erect attitude of the human body could
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A finely built young woman. One of thebest figures that has been presented in thisseries of articles, although a front view ofthis same figure appearing on preceding pageshows very decided defects* 212 PH iSICAL CULT I RE never be imitated by the panther.The panther, however, moves easilyand noiselessly, and yet most powerfully.There are but few women who possessthe high degree of strength and thesuperb sexuality which necessarily ac-company the physical perfection thatI am trying to describe. Civilizationpermits of but few specimens of thischaracter. It means, first of all, thata woman must be a superb animal.This may not sound pleasing to every-one, and yet we must remember that thebody represents the animal within us.Physiological principles govern ourbody just as they do the lower animals,and if we would give more attentionto the importance of mere animal powei and less attention to the fancy frillsthat are considered so important in thisage, the possession of a high degree ofbeau

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