Raillie), who has been taking an interest in a health-week campaign at Eton, told an Eton audience that they could not ignore any question that affected their body, neither its appearance nor its health. Not only through their body, he said, but through the expression of their body, people knew them. A man might have a certain body, and if he was dirty, slovenly, or careless, he was not doing that body justice. It was absurd to over-estimate the importance of dress and appearance, but it was quite equally wrong to under-estimate it. He would far rather see young people take too much trouble about their appearance than too little, and still more with the old. When they were young they had other things to make them trouble about their appearance, things which passed away when they got old. Most of all should they be careful in the express sion-of their face. One had known people infinitely kind who had never taken the trouble to make themselves express that kindliness in their expression towards their neighbours. They could become hard of expression. To some extent expression depended upon the character within, but not entirely; they could make appearance. Had they not known very riely people it was a real pleasure to look at, because of the expression and personality that shone out in them? Had they not also known very good-looking people they never wanted to look at again because their faces were empty, vain, con-celted, full of all sorts of things that took all the value out of the expression of the body given to the world!
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