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Enquire within upon everything
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Robert Kemp Philp
522
[WHAT
THOU
CANST
DO
THYSELF,
COMMIT
NOT
TO
ANOTHER.]
1398.
Dr.
Franklin's
Advice
to
Swimmers.
"The
only
obstacle
to
improvement
in
this
necessary
and
life-preserving
art
is
fear:
and
it
is
only
by
overcoming
this
timidity
that
you
can
expect
to
become
a
master
of
the
following
acquirements.
It
is
very
common
for
novices
in
the
art
of
swimming
to
make
use
of
cork
or
bladders
to
assist
in
keeping
the
body
above
water;
some
have
utterly
condemned
the
use
of
them;
however,
they
may
be
of
service
for
supporting
the
body
while
one
is
learning
what
is
called
the
stroke,
or
that
manner
of
drawing
in
and
striking
out
the
hands
and
feet
that
is
necessary
to
produce
progressive
motion.
But
you
will
be
no
swimmer
till
you
can
place
confidence
in
the
power
of
the
water
to
support
you;
I
would,
therefore,
advise
the
acquiring
that
confidence
in
the
first
place;
especially
as
I
have
known
several
who,
by
a
little
practice,
necessary
for
that
purpose,
have
insensibly
acquired
the
stroke,
taught,
as
it
were,
by
nature.
The
practice
I
mean
is
this:
choosing
a
place
where
the
water
deepens
gradually,
walk
coolly
into
it
till
it
is
up
to
your
breast;
then
turn
round
your
face
to
the
shore,
and
throw
an
egg
into
the
water
between
you
and
the
shore;
it
will
sink
to
the
bottom
and
be
easily
seen
there
if
the
water
be
clear.
It
must
lie
in
the
water
so
deep
that
you
cannot
reach
to
take
it
up
but
by
diving
for
it.
To
encourage
yourself
in
order
to
do
this,
reflect
that
your
progress
will
be
from
deep
to
shallow
water,
and
that
at
any
time
you
may,
by
bringing
your
legs
under
you,
and
standing
on
the
bottom,
raise
your
head
far
above
the
water;
then
plunge
under
it
with
your
eyes
open,
which
must
be
kept
open
on
going
under,
as
you
cannot
open
the
eyelids
for
the
weight
of
water
above
you;
throwing
yourself
toward
the
egg,
and
endeavouring
by
the
action
of
your
hands
and
feet
against
the
water
to
get
forward,
till
within
reach
of
it.
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