1
It is desirable that you should discover for yourself your physical limitations.
2
To this end ascertain for how many hours you can subsist without food or drink before your working capacity is seriously interfered with.
3
Ascertain how much alcohol you can take, and what forms of drunkenness assail you.
4
Ascertain how far you can walk without once stopping; likewise with dancing, swimming, running, &c.
5
Ascertain for how many hours you can do without sleep.
6
Test your endurance with various gymnastic exercises, club-swinging, and so on.
7
Ascertain for how long you can keep silence.
8
Investigate any other capacities and aptitudes which may occur to you.
9
Let all these things be carefully and conscientiously recorded; for according to your powers will it be demanded of you.
