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Reverend Beecher: Base-Ball is Best Form of Exercise
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Text | "It is well, therefore, that so many muscular games are coming into vogue. Base-ball and cricket are comparatively inexpensive, and open to all, and one can hardly conceive of better exercise." Henry W. Beecher, Eyes and Ears (Sampson Low, London, 1862), age 191. Accessed 2/18/10 via Google Books search ("vogue baseball" beecher). Beecher is here lauding exercise that is moth vigorous and inexpensive. |
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1862.12 Reverend Beecher: Base-Ball is Best Form of Exercise"
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