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A.G._Crockett

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Re: Americans see golf as a test of skill. Most Scots see it as a test of character.
« Reply #25 on: October 19, 2017, 08:08:17 AM »
Quote from: Steve Wilson on October 18, 2017, 05:17:10 PM
A terser and slightly profane version of A. G.'s comment on generalizations came from Oliver Wendell Holmes.  "No generalization is worth a damn--including that one."

Steve,
I like it.  On a similar line, I was said to my pastor, "Everything in moderation."

To which he replied, "Including moderation."

(He's the same guy, who, upon my saying, "Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery." said, "No, I think burglary is.")
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"Golf...is usually played with the outward appearance of great dignity.  It is, nevertheless, a game of considerable passion, either of the explosive type, or that which burns inwardly and sears the soul."      Bobby Jones

Tommy Williamsen

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Re: Americans see golf as a test of skill. Most Scots see it as a test of character.
« Reply #26 on: October 19, 2017, 10:55:05 AM »
Quote from: Michael H on October 18, 2017, 02:57:39 PM
A test of character?  Really?  Golf?

In the past year I have read works by C. S. Lewis, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, N. T. Wright, Richard Rohr, Thomas a Kempis, Henri Nouwen, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Oswald Chambers and A. W. Tozer.  Not to mention a 36 weeks Bible study.   No mention of golf I’m afraid.  And I’m still a heathen, by the way.

Stepping into the voting booth last November in the U. S. – now that was a test of character. 

Mike


Pretty interesting group of authors. I wish I could have gotten my Parishoners to have been so studious. I suspect you're more of a seeker than a heathen. If Thomas played golf he would have written Imitation of Arnold.
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Kalen Braley

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Re: Americans see golf as a test of skill. Most Scots see it as a test of character.
« Reply #27 on: October 19, 2017, 11:29:34 AM »
Its not a good GCA thread unless there's a bit of beard pullin'


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