Excerpt from Modern Swimming: An Illustrated ManualThe teaching of swimming should be made compulsory in every school and a perfect knowledge of it exacted of all who have the management of vessels, as well as of those employed thereon.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses ...
Excerpt from Modern Swimming: An Illustrated Manual
Every child above the age of five years, as well as every adult, should be perfectly at home in the water.
The teaching of swimming should be made compulsory in every school and a perfect knowledge of it exacted of all who have the management of vessels, as well as of those employed thereon.
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Preface: The annual toll paid to Neptune in valuable lives should be a sufficient incentive for everyone to learn how to swim. The teaching of swimming should be made compulsory in every school and a perfect knowledge exacted of all who have the management of vessels, as well as those employed thereon. As a preventative of disease as well as an up builder of the body and a moulder of form it stands without a rival among all the systems devised...
Preface: The annual toll paid to Neptune in valuable lives should be a sufficient incentive for everyone to learn how to swim. The teaching of swimming should be made compulsory in every school and a perfect knowledge exacted of all who have the management of vessels, as well as those employed thereon. As a preventative of disease as well as an upbuilder of the body and a moulder of form it stands without a rival among all the systems devised ...
