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  • Creep into thy narrow bed, Creep, and let no more be said! Vain thy onset! all stands fast. Thou thyself must break at last. Let the long contention cease! Geese are swans, and swans are geese. Let them have it how they will! Thou art tired; best be still.

    - Matthew Arnold
      New Poems,'The Last  Word'.

  •    Football causeth fighting, brawling, contention, quarrel- picking, murder, homicide, and agreateffusionof blood, as daily experiences teaches.

    - Philip Stubbes
      Anatomie of Abuses in the Realme of England.

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