British Commonwealth Games

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    “We know no spectacle so ridiculous as the British public in one of its periodical fits of morality.”
    —Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800–1859)

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    —Marcus Tullius Cicero (106–43 B.C.)

    “In 1600 the specialization of games and pastimes did not extend beyond infancy; after the age of three or four it decreased and disappeared. From then on the child played the same games as the adult, either with other children or with adults. . . . Conversely, adults used to play games which today only children play.”
    —Philippe Ariés (20th century)