Mystery of golf, etc

THE
MYSTERY
OF
GOLF
uncertain
skill,
.are
arrayed
against
the
im-
mutable,
the
inexpugnable.
And
as
we
may
say
that
all
evolution,
all
progress,
all
devel-
opment
have
come
about
solely
because
of
unceasing
combat
with
unyielding
Nature;
that
man
is
not
now
an
ape,
and
the
ape
is
not
now
a
mollusc,
because
of
that
fight
with
cos-
mic
force;
so
we
may
see
in
golf
something
of
the
same
struggle,
with
its
fortifying
influ-
ences
on
character.
And
golf
is
good
for
the
character
in
many
ways.
It
is
serious
as
life.
It
admits
no
peccadillos;
it
permits
no
com-
promises;
it
recognizes
no
venial
sins.
A
false
step,
a
scarce
perceptible
slip,
—
and
you
are
lost.
There
is
nothing
to
complain
of
in
the
conditions.
The
laws
of
the
game
are
simple
as
the
decalogue.
Abstract
and
abso-
lute
justice
is
meted
out
to
you.
If
you
fail,
it
is
you
who
are
culpable
and
none
other.
But
it
is
in
this
very
simplicity
and
rigidity
of
law
that
there
lies
concealed,
for
aspiring
and
pro-
gressive
man,
the
subtlest
lure.
C
130
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How
serious
a
thynge,
golfe
it
be!