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“Dancing is at once rational & healthful: it gives animal spirits; it is the natural amusement of young people, & such it has been from the days of Moses.”

Book:Advice to Young Men

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Advice to Young Men

This book is a comprehensive collection of advice aimed at young men, covering topics such as character building, career planning, and navigating social dynamics. It provides insights and guidance to help young men make informed decisions and lead fulfilling lives. more

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William Cobbett

William Cobbett (March 9, 1763 - June 18, 1835) was an influential English pamphleteer, writer, and radical. Known for his critical analysis of the political and social issues of his time, Cobbett's work had a profound impact on the social and political landscape of 18th and 19th century Britain. more

Source: The Complete Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge: Poetry, Plays, Literary Essays, Lectures, Autobiography and Letters (Classic Illustrated Edition): The Entire Opus of the English poet, literary critic and philosopher, including The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Kubla Khan, Christabel, Lyrical Ballads, Conversation Poems and Biographia Literaria

“How inimitably graceful children are in general-before they learn to dance.”

Children Dancing Dance

Book:Specimens of the Table Talk of Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Source: Specimens of the Table Talk of Samuel Taylor Coleridge

“The only way to do it is to do it.”

Way Dancing Dance

Book:The Dancer and the Dance

Source: The Dancer and the Dance

“When you are fifty, you're neither young nor old; you're just uninteresting. When you are sixty, and still dancing, you become something of a curiosity. And boy! if you hit seventy, and can still get a foot off the ground, you're phenomenal!”

Ifs Stills Young Boys Feet Dancing Dance Curiosity Fifty Sixty Seventies Phenomenal Just Dance Old You Feet Off The Ground

Author:Ruth St. Denis

“My friends and I had taken dancing lessons, although none of us would ever admit it. In those depression days, a friend of my mother was trying to make a living by teaching dancing in the evening, in an upstairs dance studio. There was a back door to the place, and she arranged it so the young men could come up through the back way without being seen.”