Word: health
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...then, must above all, be a good news-gatherer to be a good reporter. Ability to put his news in presentable form will count, but not for nearly so much as the ability to get the news. A successful reporter ought to have all of these qualities, - health, temperance, observation, strong memory, accuracy, pluck, and tact. Health is indispensable for the hard, irregular, and worried life. Without temperance, a reporter never can inspire his superior with confidence. To gather his news he must have observation, that is plain; there are circumstances when a strong memory is the only means...
...power of the citizens of the "Greater Boston" of which Cambridge forms a part, to secure at a comparatively trifling cost a system of great natural parks, which as the community grows will prove a priceless boon to the people-a perpetual source of recreation and health...
...been one very important addition, - the course in Physical training. It aims to provide a training for those who intend to study medicine, to fit men to take charge of gymnasiums, and to afford systematic instruction in exercise and hygiene to students who may need special care of their health. The applications which have already been made for admission to the course are numerous, and shows that it is likely to meet a need...
...life of the human race, began President Eliot, has a long infancy. One third of life is spent in preparing for the other two thirds. The first thing that a man must seek is good health; this, however, is not left all to one's self for we inherit many disorders. If we start with feeble bodies we can do much to make them strong. Of this we have a good example here, for not only have we seen improvement in athletes but also in the average physique. Let no man despair because he starts out with some physical error...
...physical health has a great deal to do with the moral life. Most men whom I have seen go to the bad and were never able to rise again, are those men having poor physiques. The means of recovering from a bad life can be compared with a stream which has received some impurity. Lower down the stream you will see the water clear again; by constantly receiving good water from without and by depositing its sedement on the bottom, it at length regains its purity...