"We have in all things three great enemies: (1) devotion to material prosperity, national and individual; (2) love of sport and gambling in all forms; (3) apathy."

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Prime Ministers of the United KingdomLiberal Party (UK) politiciansPeople from GlasgowLeaders of the Opposition (United Kingdom)Leaders of the House of Commons (United Kingdom)
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Letter to A. Crowe (10 May 1902), quoted in Frank Trentmann, Free Trade Nation: Commerce, Consumption, and Civil Society in Modern Britain (2008), p. 63