Salad for the solitary and the social: . n the social character of man. When,men assemble, accordingly, for the purpose of general happi-ness or joy, they exhibit to the thoughtful eye one of the mostpleasing appearances of their original character. They leavebehind them, for a time, the faults of their station and theasperities of their temper; they forget the secret views and theselfish purposes of their ordinary life, and mingle with thecrowd around them with no other view than to receive andcommunic^ate happiness. It is not, therefore, the use of theinnocent amusements of life which is dan
Salad for the solitary and the social: . n the social character of man. When,men assemble, accordingly, for the purpose of general happi-ness or joy, they exhibit to the thoughtful eye one of the mostpleasing appearances of their original character. They leavebehind them, for a time, the faults of their station and theasperities of their temper; they forget the secret views and theselfish purposes of their ordinary life, and mingle with thecrowd around them with no other view than to receive andcommunic^ate happiness. It is not, therefore, the use of theinnocent amusements of life which is dangerous, but the abuseof them; it is not when they are occasionally, but when theyare constantly pursued ; when the love of amusement degene- 150 SPORTS AND PASTIMES. rates into a passion; and when, from being an occasional in-dulgence, it becomes a habitual desire. * Thus the serious side of life is qualified by its mirthful. The most grave and studious, said Plutarch^ use feastsand jests and toys, as we do sauce to our meats. *
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