Everyone confesses in the abstract that exertion which brings out all the powers of body and mind is the best thing for us all; but practically most people do all they can to get rid of it, and as a general rule nobody does much more than circumstances drive them to do.
Bio: Frances Boothby was an English playwright, the first woman to have a play produced in London; her tragicomedy Marcelia, or, The Treacherous Friend was performed by the King's Company at the Theatre Royal in 1669.
