“If rowing is a trial then the ergometer is the courtroom, the meter is the jury. And an honest jury at that, because the numbers do not lie.” IfsLyingNumbersHonestTrialsJuryMeterRowingCourtroom Author:Barry S. Strauss
“Eakins rejected gentlemen athletics as his theme. Instead, he took a subject that had been the stuff of illustrated weeklies and the penny press and turned it into fine art. Eakins celebrates not fire from heaven but honest sweat, not genius but hard work.” ArtHardHeavenStuffFireSubjectsHonestHard WorkFineGeniusPressesCelebrateGentlemanThemeSweatRejectedPenniesAthleticsFine ArtsRowing Author:Barry S. Strauss
