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oppression are all but certain to be used ; where, on 

 the contrary, a feeling in close affinity with gratitude, 

 and certainly with regard, ought to be the pre- 

 dominating one. 



It was supposed, by those living in former ages, 

 that accustoming men to witness such barbarous 

 sports as were then in vogue, rendered them courage- 

 ous. There could be no more mistaken idea; it might, 

 and no doubt did, render them ferocious and cruel 

 in thought and deed ; but such habits and feelings 

 are quite alien to real courage ; they may, and pro- 

 bably would, make a man a murderer, but most cer- 

 tainly not a hero or a soldier. 



Ever)'' one will, I should suppose, concur in the 

 opinion, that accustoming men to athletic sports, to 

 hardy pursuits, and to such as may be attended with 

 danger, enables them to endure hardship when 

 necessary, and fearlessly look danger in the face. 

 Even a Spanish bull fight may have this one redeem- 

 ing good effect, though it does not absolutely follow* 

 as a matter of course, that because from habit a 

 Matador may face a bull in the arena, that he would 



