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"Greek philosophers considered sport a religious and civic-in a word, moral-undertaking. Sport, they said, is morally serious because mankind's noblest aim is the loving contemplation of worthy things, such as beauty and courage."
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Source: George F. Will (2010). “Men at Work: The Craft of Baseball”, p.2, Harper Collins
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