. Platform echoes: or, Living truths for head and heart . adand heart he is a gentleman. Ido not care whether digscoal in the deepest mine in theland or pleads in the highestcourt. A mans a man tor athat. It is the respectability ofa man, morally considered, thatak of when I use the termrespectable moderate let me prove my some respectable youngman. — your son. for instance,—•while walking through the streetshould meet the worst drunkardin town.— one of those , ghastly, hollow-eyed gin-drinkers, or one of thoseblear-eyed, bloated wretches, of
. Platform echoes: or, Living truths for head and heart . adand heart he is a gentleman. Ido not care whether digscoal in the deepest mine in theland or pleads in the highestcourt. A mans a man tor athat. It is the respectability ofa man, morally considered, thatak of when I use the termrespectable moderate let me prove my some respectable youngman. — your son. for instance,—•while walking through the streetshould meet the worst drunkardin town.— one of those , ghastly, hollow-eyed gin-drinkers, or one of thoseblear-eyed, bloated wretches, offensive to every sense. Hecomes up to your son, puts his hand on his shoulder, looks himin the face with a maudlin look, and says. Come, Ive got abottle of liquor in my pocket, and I shall be very muchobliged to you for the privilege of taking a social glass withrou. Xow, if your son never drinks till he drinks with him. hewill never drink at all: if he waits to take the first glass tillhe takes it in such company, he will never take it: he will. TEMPTATION RESISTED. 394 THE CURTAIN LIFTED. be a total abstainer as Long ;is he lives. But if a respecta-ble young lady were to ask your son to take wine he wouldprobably say, it you please, madam, and take it in a min-ute. If any respectable gentleman asked him to take wineat his table, he might take it without a blush on his cheek,It is a respectable practice, maintained and supported by arespectable community. But it we can only make ii dis ;n reputable to use strongdrink as a beverage, dis-graceful to offer it as aiarticle of entertainmentthe next generation with very littletrouble. Saved fromwhat ? Let us unroll thecanvas, let us lift thecurtain. 1 once belonged to aclub of young men, whichat one time was calledthe Shakespeare Club,cause many of its mem-bers were theatrical gen-tlemen : and in that pro-x ,: T0 ,:rix- fession you will find so,,,. splendid fellows, as the world tonus them, with naturalability and g
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