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Chapter 2
Weretherenomeansstillremainingtohimtoachievetherejuvenationwhichthesereminiscencesdivulgedtoayoungercompanionrenderedthemoredesirable?
Theindoorexercises,formerlyintermittentlypractised,subsequentlyabandoned,prescribedinEugenSandow’sPhysicalStrengthandHowtoObtainItwhich,designedparticularlyforcommercialmenengagedinsedentaryoccupations,weretobemadewithmentalconcentrationinfrontofamirrorsoastobringintoplaythevariousfamiliesofmusclesandproducesuccessivelyapleasantrigidity,amorepleasantrelaxationandthemostpleasantrepristinationofjuvenileagility.
Hadanyspecialagilitybeenhisinearlieryouth?
ThoughringweightliftinghadbeenbeyondhisstrengthandthefullcirclegyrationbeyondhiscourageyetasaHighschoolscholarhehadexcelledinhisstableandprotractedexecutionofthehalflevermovementontheparallelbarsinconsequenceofhisabnormallydevelopedabdominalmuscles.
Dideitheropenlyalludetotheirracialdifference?
Neither.
What,reducedtotheirsimplestreciprocalform,wereBloom’sthoughtsaboutStephen’sthoughtsaboutBloomandaboutStephen’sthoughtsaboutBloom’sthoughtsaboutStephen?
Hethoughtthathethoughtthathewasajewwhereasheknewthatheknewthatheknewthathewasnot.
