But to say that he uses liquor too freely is, I am sure, a mistake." "Some men, as you know, doctor, cannot use wine without a steady increase of the appetite until it finally gets the mastery, and I am afraid Doctor Kline is one of them." "I am greatly astonished to hear you say this," replied Dr.Hillhouse, "and I cannot but hold you mistaken." "Have you ever met him at a public dinner, at the club or at a private entertainment where there was plenty of wine ?" "Oh yes." "And observed no unusual exhilaration ?" Dr.Hillhouse became reflective.

Now that his attention was called to the matter, some doubts began to intrude themselves.
"We cannot always judge the common life by what we see on convivial occasions," he made answer.

"One may take wine freely with his friends and be as abstemious as an anchorite during business-or profession-hours." "Not at all probable," replied Mr.Carlton, "and not good in my observation.

The appetite that leads a man into drinking more when among friends than his brain will carry steadily is not likely to sleep when he is alone.

Any over-stimulation, as you know, doctor, leaves in the depressed state that follows a craving for renewed exhilaration.