Boxiana (1821) [ Practices ]
… Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy. It is winning the purse that gains the boxer friends -it procures him fame; he acquires notoriety--and, if he does not make a fortune, he obtains a handsome living. It also enables the … the poet and the painter, and the architect and the sculptor, are all actuated by one powerful stimulus-the love of fame and the sweets of reward. PRIZE-FIGHTING has also its advantages, even at a distance from the ring, when the boxer …
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