Unlike any other business in the United States, sports must preserve an illusion of perfect innocence.
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Lewis H. Lapham
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About Lewis H. Lapham
Lewis Henry Lapham II was an American writer. He was the editor of the American monthly Harper's Magazine from 1976 until 1981, and from 1983 until 2006. He was the founder of Lapham's Quarterly, a publication about history and literature, and wrote numerous books on politics and current affairs.
Read on Wikipedia → Find books by Lewis H. LaphamLeadership consists not in degrees of technique but in traits of character it requires moral rather than athletic or intellectual effort, and it imposes on both leader and follower alike the burdens …