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The author of this essay is discussing a group of people who are known as "reformers." These reformers were middle-class individuals who helped to promote modern sport in Europe. They believed that sport could be used as a way to promote human virtues, and they were successful in doing so. Modern sport has now become a global phenomenon, thanks in part to the efforts of these reformers.
A record of the role of selected middle-class individuals across Europe who made notable contributions to the early evolution of modern sport and who saw success in modern sport as an expression of human qualities to be admired, applauded and encouraged. They viewed sport, sometimes self-interestedly but not always self-interestedly, as a medium of personal, collective and national virtue. It is the first general consideration of a selection of these innovatory pioneers and proselytisers who placed Europe at the forefront of major developments in contemporary world sport - now a phenomenon of global significance.
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