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(a) This statement meant that Britain's military success was based on the values taught to school boys in public schools. Eton was one of the most famous of these schools. (b) This English boarding school trained English boys for careers in the military, civil service and the church. (c) Team sports like cricket and rugby were regarded as the best way of teaching English boys the discipline, skills and leadership qualities that had helped them build the British empire. (d) Imperialists justified their conquests as unselfish acts. (e) Cricket helped to confirm this self-image of the English elite by glorifying the ideal that cricket was played not for victory or profit but for its own sake, in the spirit of fair play. (f) In fact, the Battle of Waterloo was won because of Britain's financial strength though it suited the English ruling class to believe that it was the character of its young men who played games like cricket that tipped the balance.
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