. Platform echoes: or, Living truths for head and heart . \ \ v \ ^ \ \\ AN INEFFECTUAL SUCCESS AT LAST. 507 I then said to him, You can exert great influence in this town. Said he, If I could only get Mr. , (a poor, broken-down lawyer, who had been placed in the Post Officeand turned away through drink, because he could not attendto the business properly) — if I could only get him to signthe pledge, I d turn the best hogshead of cider I ve got intovinegar, and sign the pledge myself. You profess to be aChristian man and you would not agree to do that unless youbelieved it to be right
. Platform echoes: or, Living truths for head and heart . \ \ v \ ^ \ \\ AN INEFFECTUAL SUCCESS AT LAST. 507 I then said to him, You can exert great influence in this town. Said he, If I could only get Mr. , (a poor, broken-down lawyer, who had been placed in the Post Officeand turned away through drink, because he could not attendto the business properly) — if I could only get him to signthe pledge, I d turn the best hogshead of cider I ve got intovinegar, and sign the pledge myself. You profess to be aChristian man and you would not agree to do that unless youbelieved it to be right. We have settled the point, then, thatit is right to sign the pledge. You say you would do so andso if good would result. Good will be the result; no manever denied himself for the sake of another, but good wasthe result. Said he, I 11 think of it. At the meeting,the tall gray-haired man stood up and signed the pledge ;the next was the ex-postmaster; then the two liquor-sellerscame up, and almost bumped their heads over the table asthey signed the pledge. Eighty-two came forward, and ifth
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