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RECALLING
CERTAIN GENTLEMEN OF OTHER DAYS,
'
WHO MADE OF DRINKING
ONE OF THE PLEASURES ' OF LIFE–
NOT ONE OF ITS EVILS;
WHO ACHIEVED ', CONTENT
LONG ERE CAPACITY
WAS REACHED OR OVERTAXED;
AND
WHO, WHATEVER THEY DRANK,
PROVED AB LE TO CARRY IT ,
KEEP THEIR HEADS
AND REMAI N GENTLEMEN ,
EVEN IN THEIR CUPS
THEIR EXAMPLE
IS COMMENDED
TO THEIR
POSTERITY