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When an intense effort is applied, the melodramatic tendency is to honor that effort, despite its uselessness, instead of honoring the product of the effort rather than the effort itself. But, you are right, I admit, for we have still a few places left to refine in the common folk." WHEN AN INTENSE EFFORT IS APPLIED THE MELODRAMATIC TENDENCY IS TO HONOR THAT EFFECT DESPITE ITS USELESSNESS INSTEAD OF HONOURING THE PRODUCT OF THE EFFORT RATHER THAN THE EFFECT ITSELF BUT YOU ARE RIGHT I ADMIT FOR WE ARE STILL A FEW PLACES LEFT TO REFINE IN THE COMMON FOLK
t on for some time, the evident point of the sport being to gain points by making it so that one of the opposing players cannot get up at the end of a round. It was so brutal that I was disgusted and could watch no more." "Yes, I see what you mean," the King replied, "I myself would much rather that such games would be forsaken, but the people really enjoy it. I must remind you, as well, that your society had the same type of thing, as did every other before it. It was football for you, gladiators for the Romans, and so forth." "But I thought that you had no traditions? That you were more enlightened than those of the past? You can hardly excuse your misconduct by reminding one of the misconduct of another, especially when you claim to disclaim the errors of history, or at least, that altered and redefined thing that you call history." "You are right, I have to admit," he conceded, "But let me remind you that it is a static characteristic of humanity to confuse the ends with the means. ONE SIDE TACKLED THE OTHER THIS WENT ON FOR SOME TIME THE EVIDENT POINT OF THE SPORT BEING TO GAIN POINTS BY MAKING IT SO THAT ONE OF THE OPPOSING PLAYERS CANNOT GET UP AT THE END OF A ROUND IT WAS SO BRUTAL THAT I WAS DISGUSTED AND COULD WATCH NO MORE YES I SEE WHAT YOU MEAN THE KING REPLIED I MYSELF WOULD MUCH RATHER THAT SUCH GAMES WOULD BE FORSAKEN BUT THE PEOPLE REALLY ENJOY IT I MUST REMIND YOU AS WELL THAT YOUR SOCIETY HAD THE SAME TYPE OF THING AS DID EVERY OTHER BEFORE IT IT WAS FOOTBALL FOR YOU GLADIATORS FOR THE ROMANS AND SO FORTH BUT I THOUGHT THAT YOU HAD NO TRADITIONS THAT YOU WERE MORE ENLIGHTENED THAN THOSE OF THE PAST YOU CAN HARDLY EXCUSE YOUR MISCONDUCT BY REMINDING ONE OF THE MISCONDUCT OF ANOTHER ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU CLAIM TO DISCLAIM THE ERRORS OF HISTORY OR AT LEAST THAT ALTERED AND REDEFINED THING THAT YOU CALL HISTORY YOU ARE RIGHT I HAVE TO ADMIT HE CONCEDED BUT LET ME REMIND YOU THAT IT IS A STATIC CHARACTERISTIC OF HUMANITY TO CONFUSE THE ENDS WITH THE MEANS
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