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HOW TO GET STRONG

where he brought about an offensive and defensive alliance with the United States; in 1782 signing at Paris with the English Commissioners the treaty by which our independence was assured; purchasing from Napoleon Louisiana Territory, which included nearly a half of the present United States, not for $50,000,000, as Napoleon asked; but for $15,000,000; of which he called Bonaparte's attention to the fact that he owed us $3,750,000 on the French Spoliation Claims; and so making $11,250,000—all the cash that actually passed—the best bargain for the United States that was ever made.

And who does not know his body? In his Autobiography, he says that "his father had an excellent constitution of body; was of middle stature; but well set and very strong."

He tells of a walk that he himself took from Amboy to Burlington, New Jersey, when he was seventeen years old, and although it was stormy, and, as he says, "I was thoroughly soaked, and by noon a good deal tired"; yet he managed to cover the distance of fifty miles in about two days. He also tells that while in a boat on the Delaware with other young men, one of them threatened to throw him overboard; but that he instead caught the other up bodily, and threw him overboard.

His familiar statue in Printing-house Square in New York tells better than any description could of his superb physique; of medium height and sturdy, evidently like his father. He is a noticeably deep-chested, strong-legged, thick-necked, almost stalwart man, looking to have had, as his life's work showed that he did have, great physical reserve; while calmness is written all over his face and figure. Of the Boston statue, in front of the City Hall, one writer says: "The attitude of the figure is easy, and yet exhibits a firm and manly form. Under the left arm is held a Continental hat; while the

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