personal-conflict

Updated: June 29, 2025

They get a mental elevation over the day and its deeds. The evident danger of undue deliberation of action must be met by another cure of the personal-conflict spirit; that is, the substitution of games of rivalry and skill for the unorganized rivalry and "game" of fighting. The transition from the bloody arena to the excitement of a game is very easy and natural.

Henry Frederick Cope - Religious Education in the Family