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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D.C. · Mar 9, 1905

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 82, No. 10.

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Walking for Health

WHILE there is no organic weakness which is aggravated by the exertion, it is the easiest and pleasantest thing to walk right into health. Of course there is no virtue in a dawdling saunter. The slow, languid dragging one foot after the other, which some people call walking, would tire an athlete; it utterly exhausts a weak person, and that is the reason why many delicate persons think they can not walk. To derive any benefit from the exercise it is necessary to walk with a light, elastic step, which swings the weight of the body so easily from one leg to the other that its weight is not felt, and which produces a healthy glow, showing that the sluggish blood is stirred to action in the most remote veins. This sort of walking exhilarates the whole body, gives tone to the nerves, and produces just that sort of healthful fatigue which encourages sound, restful sleep.—Selected.