Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 639
moments of danger ; but the art of swim-ming has a high value in the saving of otherlives, and is, besides, a luxury and accomplishmentworth the having, for the mere fun of the thing.In our civilization, swimming is an acquired ac-complishment. It is understood to be a naturalfunction with nearly… … THE PROPEK POSITION. / To an expert swimmer, sinking is impossible, ex-cept from cramp or exhaustion. The weight of ahuman body is just about that of the water it dis-places ; but the body weight is unevenly distributed,the lungs being the bladder and the head the sinker,—so that the first rule in…
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