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CONTENTS
CHAPTER I
THE OLD ADAM
Introductory—Awful habits of the ancients—A bold, bad book—
Seneca on the Drink Habit—The bow must not be always
strung—Ebrietath Encomium—The noble Romans—" Dum
vivimus vivamus "—The skeleton at the banquet—Skull-
cups—" Life and wine are the same thing "—Virgil and his
contemporaries—Goats for Bacchus—The days of Pliny—
Rewards for drunkenness — Novellius Torquatus— Three
gallons at a draught—A swallow which did not save Rome
—The antiquity of getting for'ard—Noah as a grape-grower
—Father Frassen's ideas—Procopius of Gaza—New Testa
ment wine—Fermented or not ?—Bad old Early Christians
—Drunkenness common in Africa—Religion a cloak for
alcohol—^Tertullian on cider—Paulinus excuses intemper
ance—Excellence of Early Christians' intentions
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CHAPTER II
MORE FRIGHTFUL EXAMPLES
Eating and drinking the only work of the monks—Nunc est
bibendum—An apology for Herodotus—A jovial pope—