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Title: The world's opportunities and how to use them
Year: 1887 (1880s)
Authors: Guernsey, Alfred H. (Alfred Hudson), 1824-1902
Subjects: Industries
Publisher: New York, Harper & brothers
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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ife is not a bad thing be-cause it may be made an instrument of murder. It is alwayspossible to steal the livery of heaven to serve the devil in. Mu-sic may, perhaps, not always be positively ennobling, but it isnever of itself debasing. A musical entertainment, moreover,presents little opportunity for gambling. Men will bet untoldsums upon a half-seconds time in the speed of a race-horse; butone never hears of a wager whether the voice of a singer willtouch a certain difficult note. There can be no doubt that many of the amusements almostuniversally concomitant with our pleasure resorts are highly ob-jectionable ; and it may be a matter of question whether the evilsconnected with these places, as they are at present conducted, donot outweigh their benefits. But it is a cheering circumstancethat the popularity of these resorts, especially of those close bylarge cities, is very nearly in the ratio of the quality of the publicamusements provided ; notably, of the free musical entertain-
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LOST LENORE.See Note 40. AMUSEMENTS, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE. 539 ments. That which is really good is a leading attraction forvisitors. It pays well to provide a good band; and it pays bestwhere the best band is provided. Taken in its broadest accep-tation, the question of amusements is one which should entervery much into consideration in the choice of a home. The an-cient Romans, not altogether unwisely, placed bread and thegames side by side as things to be looked after. If we were torank things in the order of their importance, we should say thata community should be well-taught, well-fed, well-housed, well-clothed, well-amused, and well-governed. Variety is the very essence of all recreation; and recreationis actually, what it is etymologically, a re-creation, a giving ofnew life. Anything pursued unintermittingly becomes weari-some, no matter how pleasant in itself. If the conditions of thelife hereafter are at all like those of the life here, we imagine thatthe spirits of the redeem

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