IN 1785 THOMAS JEFFERSON WROTE TO HIS FIFTEEN-YEAR-OLD NEPHEW, PETER CARR, REGARDING WHAT HE CONSIDERED THE BEST FORM OF EXERCISE

“I ADVISE THE GUN. WHILE THIS GIVES A MODERATE EXERCISE TO THE BODY, IT GIVES BOLDNESS, ENTERPRISE, AND INDEPENDENCE TO THE MIND. GAMES PLAYED WITH THE BALL AND OTHERS OF THAT NATURE, ARE TOO VIOLENT FOR THE BODY AND STAMP NO CHARACTER ON THE MIND. LET YOUR GUN THEREFORE BE THE CONSTANT COMPANION OF YOUR WALKS.”

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