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Show MEN WHO WIN LIFE'S BATTLES They Almost Invariably Have Been Endowed With Great Physical Strength. It has been said that great men those capable of mental work beyond the average are almost invariably men of great physical strength also, remarks London Answers. Whether this be true or not, we find Innumerable Innumer-able instances in which the hheory is borne out in actual fact, and here are a few actual and indisputable exam-pies: exam-pies: Napoleon was capable of sitting a horse sixteen hours at a stretch and was able to work for days without rest. Gladstone was always muscular. At eighty years he chopped down an oak four feet thick. Bismarck was a giant. He fought twenty-eight duels, receiving only once i scar, caused by the breaking of his adversary's blade. He stood six feet lwo inches. Comwell was a football player, fond of boisterous sports. He stood nearly six feet in height and had a strong, compact body and well-knit frame. Robert Burns was a strong man, wltti a firm grip, gained at the plow and flail. |