Muscular Christianity: Quick Facts

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“Touchdown Jesus”

Charles Kingsley

Thomas Hughes's Tom Brown's School Days.

Wood engraving of men exercising with clubs, rings, and other gym equipment in a large YMCA gymnasium with high ceilings and tall windows, Longacre, London, circa 1888.

Boy Scouts start a fire at the White House

Missionary and Olympic runner Eric Liddell

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