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Flatter yourself then no longer, that half an hour's airing in your carriage deserves the name of exercise.
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gutenberg.orgBenjamin Franklin: “Flatter yourself then no longer, that half an hour's airing in your carriage deserves the name of exercise.”
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Franklin critiques the misconception that a short carriage ride qualifies as exercise.
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