Abstract
It has frequently been remarked that men of the present day are not so strong as those of times past, and there are many reasons for this assertion. An inspection of ancient armor is sufficient to convince one of the truth of this statement. In looking at specimens of ancient armor, we are at once impressed with their great weight and comparatively small size. It would distress John L. Sullivan, I have no doubt, to force himself into one of the largest suits of armor that have thus far been exhibited. Once he had succeeded in arraying himself in the suit, he would doubtless feel more like reposing peacefully upon the ground than vaulting into a saddle and running a tilt in a tourney. One thing is certain, viz: that the soldier of ancient times although by no means a Sullivan in physique, could put the average modern athlete to
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