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Question 1

Lesson 6

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Lesson 6 The sporting spirit

Question 2

I am always ama

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I am always amazed when I hear people saying that sport creates goodwill between the nations, and that if only the common peoples of the world could meet one another at football or cricket, they would have no inclination to meet on the battlefield.

Question 3

Even if one did

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Even if one didn’t know from concrete examples (the 1936 Olympic Games, for instance) that international sporting contests lead to orgies of hatred, one could deduce if from general principles.

Question 4

Nearly all the

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Nearly all the sports practiced nowadays are competitive.

Question 5

You play to win

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You play to win, and the game has little meaning unless you do your utmost to win.

Question 6

On the village

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On the village green, where you pick up sides and no feeling of local patriotism is involved, it is possible to play simply for the fun and exercise:

Question 7

but as soon as

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but as soon as a the question of prestige arises, as soon as you feel that you and some larger unit will be disgraced if you lose, the most savage combative instincts are aroused.

Question 8

Anyone who has

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Anyone who has played even in a school football match knows this.

Question 9

At the internat

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At the international level, sport is frankly mimic warfare.

Question 10

But the signifi

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But the significant thing is not the behavior of the players but the attitude of the spectators:

Question 11

and, behind the

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and, behind the spectators, of the nations who work themselves into furies over these absurd contests, and seriously believe ?C

Question 12

at any rate for

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at any rate for short periods – that running, jumping and kicking a ball are tests of national virtue.