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Whether the British race is improving or degenerating? What, if it seem probably degenerating, are the causes of so great an evil? How they can be, if not destroyed, at least arrested?--These are questions worthy the attention, not of statesmen only and medical men, but of every father and mother in these isles. I shall say somewhat about them in this Essay; and say it in a form which ought to be intelligible to fathers and mothers of every class, from the highest to the lowest, in hopes of convincing some of them at least that the science of health, now so utterly neglected in. | Health and Education 1 A free download from http Health and Education Health and Education The Project Gutenberg eBook Health and Education by Charles Kingsley This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at Title Health and Education Author Charles Kingsley Release Date December 31 2005 eBook 17437 Language English Character set encoding ISO-646-US US-ASCII START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK HEALTH AND EDUCATION Transcribed from the 1874 W. Isbister Co. edition by David Price email ccx074@ HEALTH AND EDUCATION Health and Education 2 BY THE REV. CHARLES KINGSLEY . . CANON OF WESTMINSTER W. ISBISTER CO. 56 LUDGATE HILL LONDON 1874 _All rights reserved_ THE SCIENCE OF HEALTH Whether the British race is improving or degenerating What if it seem probably degenerating are the causes of so great an evil How they can be if not destroyed at least arrested --These are questions worthy the attention not of statesmen only and medical men but of every father and mother in these isles. I shall say somewhat about them in this Essay and say it in a form which ought to be intelligible to fathers and mothers of every class from the highest to the lowest in hopes of convincing some of them at least that the science of health now so utterly neglected in our curriculum of so-called education ought to be taught--the rudiments of it at least--in every school college and university. We talk of our hardy forefathers and rightly. But they were hardy just as the savage is usually hardy because none but the hardy lived. They may have been able to say of themselves--as they do in a state paper of 1515 now well known through the pages of Mr. Froude-- What comyn folk of all the world may compare with the comyns of England in riches freedom liberty welfare and