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&hereamoreuntruthfulwordspoke3.Fortheworldisfullofthingsthatarew，butlynwell.WasitasageasHerbertSpencerwhosaidtotheyoungmanwhohadjustbeatenhimatbilliards，"Moderateskill，sir，isthesignofagoodeyeandasteadyhand，butskillsuchasyuesayouthmisspent?"Isahplayingsupremelyristantpradappli?
AgainsttheprofessionalplayerIsaynothing;heisapublitertaiher，andbyhisskillinhisparticularsportheatleastfulfillsthefirstsocialdutyofman—thathimselfandhisfamilybyhisoweexertions.Butwhatistobesaidofthecrackamateur?Tomeheseemsoptibleofmankind.Heeardevoteshimself，forthemereselfishpleasureofthething，tosomegame，whichheplaysdayindayout;hebreaksdowarydistiheamateurandtheprofessiouallyhisskilldesertshim，andheleavesbehindhimnothingthatisofservicetohisfellowmen—notabrihed，en，notevenafamilysupportedaedbyhislabor.
Itistruethathehasprovidedeforaumberofpersons，buthehashepluithimselftothetestbywhichwedemaertainershouldjustifyhischoiceofag—thedemonstratiohatthepubliciswillingtopayhimforhise.And，whenhisdayisover，whatisleft，heworld，buttohimself?Nothingbutaisatotten，orisrememberedbystoutgentlemeninclubs.
Theplayiainly，isathingwhiwell.Butthatdoesisnatall，astheproverbwould，byimpli，persuadeus.Thereisnreeableandsalutarythanplayingagamewhielikes，aangitbadlyihepleasureofeeofahemanwhomihewinsissman—whichobservatioheruleitimpliesisseldomobserved，andparativelyfewpeoplereallyplaygamesforthesheereheplaying.Isthisheprevalendpopularityofhandicaps4?Whyshouldweexpecttobegivenpoibethatiherthanourownskill?
"Ah!but，"myreadermaysay，"thelayerwantstoretsihemaygivethestroergame."Really，Idohatisso.Possible，sometimes，astrongandvaingloriousplayermaywishtogivepoints，ihisviaybethemoreIdonotthihisisthetrueexplanation.That，Isuspect，wasgiveherdaybythesecretaryofalawour，inwhichIplayed."Whyallthisnonsenseofhandicaps?Whyusbesquarelybeaten，a?"Iaskedhi"Because，"Hereplied，"ifwedidnotgivehandieofthelessgoodplayerswoulde;Isthatnotathatthemajorityofushavebothrealizedthetruevaluedoingatrivialthingbadly，foritsownsake，andmustneedshaveourmindsbuoyedaoafalsesenseofexce?
&isnotonlysusicallytrivialthingsasgamesthatarewbadly.Thisisatruthwhich，oddlyefreelyofsomethings—butnotofothers—andasathingwhichwearequitettodowillletmeiing.Ag，atitsbest，beagreatart，athingwsupremelywell，thoughitsworth，likethatofalliivearts，islessesevaworksimediumofhumanfleshandblood，ahattheactorcreate—forwhatretativeartistisreallyacreativeartistwinaperishablemedium—isanimpressionupoihtarousedin，themindsofanaudiendisincapableofrecord.
Ag，thee—thoughIhaveochedeversobrieflytheproofofmybelief—beagreatart.Butisaerredfromtakingpartiricalsbythesideratioaotabitofit!AlynisohingsaboutwhichIamwritihethingsthatarewbadly.
Ahingismusic;butheretheproverbialfallaexertsitspower，asitdoesnot，forsomeobsdunreasoningdisation，inag.Mostpeopleseemtothinkthatiftheyg，orplaythepiano，fiddle，orsackbut，admirablywell，theymustnotdoahingsatall.Thattheyshouldnotindisatelyforcetheirinferiorperformahepubliupontheiraces，Iadmit.Butthatthereis;i;forinferiormusianuntruththatIflatlydeny.
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