Section 13—Recreation and Amusement
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There is a distinction between recreation and amusement. Recreation,
when true to its name, re-creation, tends to strengthen and build up.
Calling us aside from our ordinary cares and occupations, it affords
refreshment for mind and body, and thus enables us to return with new
vigor to the earnest work of life. Amusement, on the other hand, is
sought for the sake of pleasure, and is often carried to excess; it
absorbs the energies that are required for useful work, and thus
proves a hindrance to life’s true success.—
Education, 207
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