“Sport in the sense of a mass-spectacle, with death to add to the underlying excitement, comes into existence when a population has been drilled and regimented and depressed to such an extent that it needs at least a vicarious participation in difficult feats of strength or skill or heroism in order to sustain its waning life-sense.”
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Mumford, L. (n.d.). Sport in the sense of a mass-spectacle, with death to add to the underlying excitement, comes into existence when a population has been drilled and regimented and depressed to such an extent that it needs at least a vicarious participation in difficult feats of strength or skill or heroism in order to sustain its waning life-sense. [Quotation]. Famous Quotations Network. Retrieved October 24, 2026, from https://www.famous-quotations.com/quotes/38661-sport-in-the-sense-of-a-mass-spectacle/
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Mumford, Lewis. “Sport in the sense of a mass-spectacle, with death to add to the underlying excitement, comes into existence when a population has been drilled and regimented and depressed to such an extent that it needs at least a vicarious participation in difficult feats of strength or skill or heroism in order to sustain its waning life-sense.” Famous Quotations Network, https://www.famous-quotations.com/quotes/38661-sport-in-the-sense-of-a-mass-spectacle/. Accessed 24 Oct. 2026.
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Mumford, Lewis. “Sport in the sense of a mass-spectacle, with death to add to the underlying excitement, comes into existence when a population has been drilled and regimented and depressed to such an extent that it needs at least a vicarious participation in difficult feats of strength or skill or heroism in order to sustain its waning life-sense.” Famous Quotations Network. Accessed October 24, 2026. https://www.famous-quotations.com/quotes/38661-sport-in-the-sense-of-a-mass-spectacle/.