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It was remarked to me by the late Mr. Charles Roupell . . . that to play billiards well was a sign of an ill-spent youth.

Source: In Life and Letters of Spencer, ch. 20, by Duncan.
-- Herbert Spencer, (Apr 27 1820-1903), English naturalist, philosopher; He applied Darwin's theory of evolution to philosophy and popularized the idea of survival of the fittest; wrote Principles of Sociology, 1876-96.

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