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pletc and histinq happiness is quite unattainable, 

 but that it is mure nearly achieved in s[)ort than 

 in any profession, such as politics, arms, law or 

 literature. 



For instance, the ambitious man can never attain 

 hap[)iness. No matter how successful he may be, 

 there is no limit to his endeavours ; no matter how 

 many successes he has won, he looks for more. 

 Napoleon, the greatest man that ever lived, could 

 never curb his insatiable ambition, which was part 

 and parcel of his being-, and, in the end, his un- 

 doing. No one can believe that Napoleon was 

 a happy man. The doctrine of the Greek phil- 

 osopher Aristippus was that happiness was, or 

 should be, the chief object of man. I suggest 

 that the only way to obtain even temporary 

 happiness is to come in touch with nature, but 

 Lord Grey implies that a feeling of content can 

 be brought about by knowing that you have 

 been a worthy citizen, that you have pursued a 

 moral standard of action, and achieved happiness 

 with family and friends. The late President 

 Roosevelt, a friend of Lord Grey, says: "He 

 is not fit to live who is not fit to die, and he is 

 not fit to die who shrinks from the joy of life or 

 from the duty of life." 



To emphasise the fact that the love of sport is 

 foremost in the inclinations of the British officer, 

 I 



