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Calisthenics, those gentle and pleasurable exercises, have been purposely introduced by the author, to supply the want of exertion.
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The sentence presents calisthenics as gentle, enjoyable exercises added deliberately to provide physical exertion that was otherwise lacking. In simple terms, they are meant to meet a need for movement without making exercise harsh or unpleasant.
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- Marian Mason, On the Utility of Exercise (1827), digitized scan
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