"Let Us be Glad", anthem sung at end of 1948 Olympic Games, quoted in The Austerity Olympics by Janie Hampton (2008).
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The race is run - the winner wears the laurels,
But you and I not empty go away;
For we have seen the least unkind of quarrels;
The young men glowing in the friendly way.
Let us be glad - but not because of winning,
Let us go home, to family today.
God make our Games a glorious beginning,
And hand in hand, together guide us on our way.
— A. P. Herbert
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "The race is run - the winner wears the laurels,
But you and I not empty go away;
For we have seen the least unkind of quarrels;
The young men glowing in the friendly way.
Let us be glad - but not because of winning,
Let us go home, to family today.
God make our Games a glorious beginning,
And hand in hand, together guide us on our way." in the context of ""Let Us be Glad", anthem sung at end of 1948 Olympic Games, quoted in The Austerity Olympics by Janie Hampton (2008)." to mean that wisdom is timeless.
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About A. P. Herbert
Sir Alan Patrick Herbert (24 September 1890 – 11 November 1971) was an English humorist in many literary forms, a law-reform activist, and an independent M.P. representing Oxford University.
About A. P. Herbert
Sir Alan Patrick Herbert (24 September 1890 – 11 November 1971) was an English humorist in many literary forms, a law-reform activist, and an independent M.P. representing Oxford University.
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