 | R. M. DEVENS - 1876 - 1014 sidor
...the gift, and, in the course of his remarks, spoke of chess, " the kingly pastime," as a game that " never has been and never can be aught but a recreation....or engross the thoughts of those who worship at its 670 GEEAT AND MEMOEABLE EVENTS. shrine ; but should be kept in the background and restrained within... | |
 | John Dizikes - 2002 - 374 sidor
...special advantages, no special claims, for genius or for anything else. He told a New York audience: Chess never has been and never can be aught but a...and more serious avocations — should not absorb or engross the thoughts of those who worship at its shrine, but should be kept in the background, and... | |
 | 1881 - 644 sidor
...its proper mission will be evident from the following extract from a speech delivered in New Yorksoon after his return from Europe in 1859 : — " Chess never has been, and never can be anght hut a recreation. It should not be in. dnlged in to the detriment of other and morp serious avocations... | |
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Chess never has been and never can be aught but a recreation. It should not be indulged in to the detriment of other and more serious avocations — should not absorb or engross the thoughts of those who worship at its shrine, but should be kept in the... 