by all the uncalled for exercise

[Untaught88]

Hi,

Keep the faculty of effort alive in you by all the uncalled for exercise every day.

What does the bold part mean?

 

[Roman55]

I am not a teacher.

'Uncalled for exercise' is exercise you don't want or don't need.

 

[teechar]

Where did you find that text?

 

[Untaught88]

From a book.

 

[Rover_KE]

That dismissive reply is not good enough, Untaught.

In future, please have the courtesy to tell us the title and author of published texts you are quoting from.

 

[teechar]

[STRIKE]From[/STRIKE] In a book.

Which one? ;-)

 

[Untaught88]

I forgot but it was written by a Pakistani author, I think. Is the use of "uncalled" not appropriate here?

 

[Tarheel]

The phrase is "uncalled for". It is used to indicate someone's displeasure with something.

 

[Tdol]

I forgot but it was written by a Pakistani author, I think. Is the use of "uncalled" not appropriate here?

The sentence is basically nonsense. You could say something like this:

Keep effort alive by striving for things whether the effort is worthwhile or not.

Even then, it is not much of a self-help sentence, but it is better than the original gibberish.