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Excerpt from Athletics and Manly Sport
The pride Of knowledge is bad, but the pride Of ignorance is worse; together, they are almost hope less. The truth is, there is more need today for physical development, for play, for Sport, for athletic exercises and amusements Of all kinds, than there was during the Greek Olympiads, or at any other period Of human history. Strange, that this Obvious truth Should call for public statement. On Old and young, says a great modern philosopher, the pressure of modern life puts a still increasing strain. In all busi nesses and professions, intense competition taxes the energies and abilities of every adult; and, with a View Of better fitting the young to hold their place under this intenser competition, they are subject to a more severe discipline than ever before.
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