Excerpt from The Blood and Breath: A System of Exercise for the Lungs and Limbs

This manual is the result of a sincere enthusiasm in the labor of its production.

Necessity has compelled the author to seek some means of restoring the power constantly expended in teaching Elocution.

The daily protracted use of the lungs, coupled with frequent excessive emotional effort, requires more than ordinary support, and this can be found only in a healthful muscular basis.

Even a strong foundation may occasionally be intrenched upon to such an extent as to weaken, if not seriously impair, one's whole resources.

In earnest and violent vocal effort the blood is quickly drawn from all parts of the body, and, constantly pushed through the lungs, is rapidly oxygenated and returned to find a renewal of power in the muscles. If these are not well-toned and lack a recuperative quality, then friction, and ultimately wear of the entire system, is the result. We see this evidenced especially in clergymen. It has been in a measure a personal experience, and the prevention of this tendency has been a constant study.

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