"Military recruit" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... broadest sense of the word, have been cultivated in all ages. The spontaneous exercises and mimic contests of the boys of all countries, the friendly emulation of robust youth in trials of speed and strength, and the discipline and training of the military recruit have in them much of the true gymnastic element. In Attica and Ionia they were first adapted to ...
— Atlantic Monthly, Volume 3, No. 19, May, 1859 • Various |
