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I don't want you to sacrifice standing well in your studies to any over athleticism; and I need not tell you that character counts for a great deal more than either intellect or body in winning success in life. I DON'T WANT TO SACRIFICE STANDING WELL IN YOUR STUDIES TO ANY OVER ATHLETICISM AND I NEED NOT TELL YOU THAT CHARACTER COUNTS FOR A GREAT DEAL MORE THAN EITHER INTELLECT OR BODY IN WINNING SUCCESS IN LIFE
that it is worth your while to run the risk of being laid up for the sake of playing in the second squad when you are a fourth former, instead of when you are a fifth former. I do not know that the risk is balanced by the reward. However, I have told the Rector that as you feel so strongly about it, I think that the chance of your damaging yourself in body is outweighed by the possibility of bitterness of spirit if you could not play. Understand me, I should think mighty little of you if you permitted chagrin to make you bitter on some point where it was evidently right for you to suffer the chagrin. But in this case I am uncertain, and I shall give you the benefit of the doubt. If, however, the coaches at any time come to the conclusion that you ought not to be in the second squad, why you must come off without grumbling. I am delighted to have you play football. I believe in rough, manly sports. But I do not believe in them if they degenerate into the sole end of any one's existence.  NO MEANS SURE THAT IT IS WORTH YOUR WHILE TO RUN THE RISK OF BEING LAID UP FOR THE SAKE OF PLAYING IN THE SECOND SQUAD WHEN YOU ARE A FOURTH FORMER INSTEAD OF WHEN YOU ARE A FIFTH FORMER I DO NOT KNOW THAT THE RISK IS BALANCED BY THE REWARD HOWEVER I HAVE TOLD THE RECTOR THAT AS YOU FEEL SO STRONGLY ABOUT IT I THINK THAT THE CHANCE OF YOUR DAMAGING YOURSELF IN BODY IS OUTWEIGHED BY THE POSSIBILITY OF BITTERNESS OF SPIRIT IF YOU COULD NOT PLAY UNDERSTAND ME I SHOULD THINK MIGHTY LITTLE OF YOU IF YOU PERMITTED CHAGRIN TO MAKE YOU BITTER ON ON SOME POINT WHERE IT WAS EVIDENTLY RIGHT FOR YOU TO SUFFER THE CHAGRIN BUT IN THIS CASE I AM UNCERTAIN AND I SHALL GIVE YOU THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT IF HOWEVER THE COACHES AT ANY TIME COME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT YOU OUGHT NOT TO BE IN THE SECOND SQUAD WHY YOU MUST COME OFF WITHOUT GRUMBLING I AM DELIGHTED TO HAVE YOU PLAY FOOTBALL I BELIEVE IN ROUGH MANLY SPORTS BUT I DO NOT BELIEVE IN THEM IF THEY DEGENERATE INTO THE SOLE END OF ANY ONE'S EXISTENCE
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