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THE SPIRIT OF THE LINKS
reservation. He feels that now he has gone out into
the great world, and that there are more wonders
in it than even his utmost fancy had suspected. He
is like the Queen of Sheba who went to see the
magnificence of Solomon, confessing then that it was
a true report that she had heard in her own land,
though she believed not until her eyes had seen, when
she knew that the half had not been told her. Out
alone on this wonderful course the feeling of loneli-
ness and helplessness will come upon this immature
player. Truly the half had not been told to him, and
in mortal agony in some " Hell " or other, or in a
Devil's Kitchen or a Punchbowl, or it may be in the
sandy wastes of a Sahara or in a crevasse on the heights
of the Alps or the Himalayas—how, then, will he be
reminded of the tender indulgences of his mother
links, of her constant kindness, and of the way in
which she humoured his youthful caprice and smiled
patiently upon him when he was fretful ! Perhaps she
was too indulgent, and the maternal laxness did some-
thing towards the spoiling of the child for the man-
hood that was to follow. But no matter, let the
golfer always be kind and well disposed to his mother
links.
THE SPIRIT OF THE LINKS
reservation. He feels that now he has gone out into
the great world, and that there are more wonders
in it than even his utmost fancy had suspected. He
is like the Queen of Sheba who went to see the
magnificence of Solomon, confessing then that it was
a true report that she had heard in her own land,
though she believed not until her eyes had seen, when
she knew that the half had not been told her. Out
alone on this wonderful course the feeling of loneli-
ness and helplessness will come upon this immature
player. Truly the half had not been told to him, and
in mortal agony in some " Hell " or other, or in a
Devil's Kitchen or a Punchbowl, or it may be in the
sandy wastes of a Sahara or in a crevasse on the heights
of the Alps or the Himalayas—how, then, will he be
reminded of the tender indulgences of his mother
links, of her constant kindness, and of the way in
which she humoured his youthful caprice and smiled
patiently upon him when he was fretful ! Perhaps she
was too indulgent, and the maternal laxness did some-
thing towards the spoiling of the child for the man-
hood that was to follow. But no matter, let the
golfer always be kind and well disposed to his mother
links.
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| Description | More than 230 sports publications from the National Library of Scotland's collections. Featured sports include football, rugby, golf, shinty, athletics, bowls, cricket and hockey. Among the material from the late 19th and early 20th centuries are match programmes, club histories, and handbooks. From the late 20th century are promotional materials to encourage greater diversity in sport. Most items cover sports activities in Scotland. There are also publications relating to the Olympics and international matches. |
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