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<p>Excess of it has surely nothing that's | <p>Excess of it has surely nothing that's good, nothing that's<lb/> | ||
pleasant. Wine destroys the fairest | pleasant. Wine destroys the fairest beauty and spoils<lb/> | ||
the strongest Constitution yet this is called | the strongest Constitution yet this is called a mighty ——<lb/> | ||
pleasure. but to every cool and dispassionate | pleasure. but to every cool and dispassionate Judge it will<lb/> | ||
appear sufficiently manifest, how great is, | appear sufficiently manifest, how great is, the unhappiness<lb/> | ||
that is. frequently the attendant upon | that is. frequently the attendant upon <sic>drunkeness</sic>: No<lb/> | ||
sooner is any | sooner is any one heated with Wine, but his Limbs become<lb/> | ||
heavy his tottering | heavy his tottering feet refuse to perform their accustomed<lb/> | ||
offices, his Tongue stammers, — his <sic>speach</sic> | offices, his Tongue stammers, — his <sic>speach</sic> is broken, his<lb/> | ||
mind and reason are suspended— his | mind and reason are suspended— his Eyes swim with<lb/> | ||
moisture, he grows horribly noise, | moisture, he grows horribly noise, then bitter qualms<lb/> | ||
ensue, to this loathsome vomiting | ensue, to this loathsome vomiting succeeds, and Grievous<lb/> | ||
<sic>Headachs— | <sic>Headachs</sic>— till, at length, he becomes stupid and ——<lb/> | ||
insensible throughout. This is the | insensible throughout. This is the whole of the ——<lb/> | ||
drunkards pleasure — which no one <add>surely —</add> | drunkards pleasure — which no one <add>surely —</add> in their Senses will<lb/> | ||
say has any claim to happiness, for | say has any claim to happiness, for when once deprived<lb/> | ||
of that divine particle within us < | of that divine particle within us to our reason, I can't conceive<lb/> | ||
any thing more miserable, any thing | any thing more miserable, any thing more unhappy than<lb/> | ||
man: But reason in a drunkard is so | man: But reason in a drunkard is so far buried in Wine<lb/> | ||
that he knows not what he says — what he <sic>do's</sic>— what he<lb/> | |||
sees. In what then does the happiness of <sic>Drunkeness</sic><lb/> | |||
consist — it certainly renders man <sic>inferiour</sic> to the<lb/> | |||
beasts. If this be a pleasure then it is a pleasure that<lb/> | |||
is unworthy of the very beasts themselves — Despise —<lb/> | |||
therefore pleasures my follow Collegiates — but of all<lb/> | |||
pleasures chiefly that of <sic>drunkeness</sic> for as it is ——<lb/> | |||
unworthy every man, so, more especially, is it a —<lb/> | |||
disgrace to a Gentleman, but above all to a Scholar.</p> | |||
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Excess of it has surely nothing that's good, nothing that's
pleasant. Wine destroys the fairest beauty and spoils
the strongest Constitution yet this is called a mighty ——
pleasure. but to every cool and dispassionate Judge it will
appear sufficiently manifest, how great is, the unhappiness
that is. frequently the attendant upon drunkeness: No
sooner is any one heated with Wine, but his Limbs become
heavy his tottering feet refuse to perform their accustomed
offices, his Tongue stammers, — his speach is broken, his
mind and reason are suspended— his Eyes swim with
moisture, he grows horribly noise, then bitter qualms
ensue, to this loathsome vomiting succeeds, and Grievous
Headachs— till, at length, he becomes stupid and ——
insensible throughout. This is the whole of the ——
drunkards pleasure — which no one surely — in their Senses will
say has any claim to happiness, for when once deprived
of that divine particle within us to our reason, I can't conceive
any thing more miserable, any thing more unhappy than
man: But reason in a drunkard is so far buried in Wine
that he knows not what he says — what he do's— what he
sees. In what then does the happiness of Drunkeness
consist — it certainly renders man inferiour to the
beasts. If this be a pleasure then it is a pleasure that
is unworthy of the very beasts themselves — Despise —
therefore pleasures my follow Collegiates — but of all
pleasures chiefly that of drunkeness for as it is ——
unworthy every man, so, more especially, is it a —
disgrace to a Gentleman, but above all to a Scholar.
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"Sperne Voluptates, nocet empta dolore Voluptas" |
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Jeremy Bentham |
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