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abused^
and
by
others
unthankfuUy
taken;
discussed
the
merits
of
plants
and
fruits,
or
the
virtues,
harder
to
be
discovered,
of
stones
and
metals
;
while
they
mar-
velled
at
that
scheme
which
adapted
each
body,
animate
or
inanimate,
to
the
station
ordained
to
it,
and
at
the
infinite
goodness
of
Him
who
made
man
head
of
all,
and
gave
him
power
and
discernment
that
he
might
show,
by
the
moderate
use
of
things
healthy
and
nourishing,
the
wisdom
of
Him
who
ordained
them
to
cheer
and
to
cherish.
A
great
regard
for
the
whole-
some
had
Sir
Kenelm
Digby,
whose
carefulness
in
the
concoction
of
his
favourite
cup
was
such
that
he
could
not
brew
it
aright
if
he
had
not
Hyde
Park
water—
-a
rule
of
much
value
in
Sir
Kenelm^s
day,
no
doubt
j
but
modern
^^
improvements,^^
unfortunately,
interfere
with
the
present
use
of
it.
Other
apostles
of
the
truest
temperance
(moderation)
there
were,
and
we
cherish
them
as
men
who
have
deserved
well
of
their
country.
Dr.
Parr,
for
example,
who
could
drink
his
cider-cup
on
the
village
green
on
a
Sunday
evening,
while
his
farming
parishioners
played
at
bowls.
Or
again,
still
more
legibly
written
in
social
history,
and
to
some
ex-
tent
leaving
an
impress
upon
our
national
life,
the
club-gatherings
of
the
last
century,
where
men
of
far-
seeing
and
prudent
philosophy
(Addison,
Steele,
Gold-
smith,
Johnson,
and
others),
whose
names
are
inter-
woven
with
the
history
of
their
time,
meeting
together,
talked
of
human
joys
and
human
sorrows
over
claret-
cups,
—
men
witty
themselves,
and
the
cause
of
wit
in
other
men,
like
sweet
Sir
John,
whose
devotion
to
c3