# French & English

Author: Hamerton, Philip Gilbert, 1834-1894

Genre: Category: History - European

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/70444

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=French+%26+English+Hamerton&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

In England there is not much physical education of a formal and methodical nature; the English are not remarkable for a love of gymnastic exercises, and they seldom train or develop the body scientifically except when they prepare themselves for boat races. In saying this I leave out of consideration the small class of professional athletes, which is not numerous enough to affect the nation generally. It has been said, and by a French author, that of all modern races the English come nearest, in the physical life, to the existence of the ancient Greeks. The difference, however, between the modern English and the Greeks of classic antiquity is mainly in this, that the Greeks were a systema...

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/french-and-english-70444/chapters/49/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/french-and-english-70444/chapters/31/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/french-and-english-70444/chapters/41/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/french-and-english-70444/chapters/29/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/french-and-english-70444/chapters/36/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/french-and-english-70444/chapters/45/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/french-and-english-70444/chapters/11/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/french-and-english-70444/chapters/46/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/french-and-english-70444/chapters/32/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/french-and-english-70444/chapters/10/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/french-and-english-70444/chapters/47/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/french-and-english-70444/chapters/42/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/french-and-english-70444/chapters/40/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/french-and-english-70444/chapters/16/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/french-and-english-70444/chapters/48/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/french-and-english-70444/chapters/28/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/french-and-english-70444/chapters/14/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/french-and-english-70444/chapters/43/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/french-and-english-70444/chapters/39/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/french-and-english-70444/chapters/19/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/french-and-english-70444/chapters/23/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/french-and-english-70444/chapters/22/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/french-and-english-70444/chapters/44/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/french-and-english-70444/chapters/13/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/french-and-english-70444/chapters/30/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/french-and-english-70444/chapters/20/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/french-and-english-70444/chapters/12/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/french-and-english-70444/chapters/17/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/french-and-english-70444/chapters/27/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/french-and-english-70444/chapters/21/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/french-and-english-70444/chapters/33/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/french-and-english-70444/chapters/15/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/french-and-english-70444/chapters/34/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/french-and-english-70444/chapters/24/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/french-and-english-70444/chapters/26/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/french-and-english-70444/chapters/18/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/french-and-english-70444/chapters/38/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/french-and-english-70444/chapters/25/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/french-and-english-70444/chapters/37/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/french-and-english-70444/chapters/35/index.md)
- [PART I.--EDUCATION](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/french-and-english-70444/chapters/1/index.md)
- [PART IV.--RELIGION](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/french-and-english-70444/chapters/4/index.md)
- [PART V.--VIRTUES](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/french-and-english-70444/chapters/5/index.md)
- [PART II.--PATRIOTISM](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/french-and-english-70444/chapters/2/index.md)
- [PART VI.--CUSTOM](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/french-and-english-70444/chapters/6/index.md)
- [PART VIII.--SUCCESS](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/french-and-english-70444/chapters/8/index.md)
- [PART III.--POLITICS](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/french-and-english-70444/chapters/3/index.md)
- [PART VII.--SOCIETY](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/french-and-english-70444/chapters/7/index.md)
- [PART IX.--VARIETY](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/french-and-english-70444/chapters/9/index.md)