6/24 I have taken my glass of grog, too, my two glasses,--or perhaps more. But that which would elate him into some fury of action would not move me. It was something nature did for me rather than virtue. I am a rich man, and he is a shepherd, because something was put into my stomach capable of digesting bad brandy, which was not put into his.' 'A man has more than one chance. When he found how it was with him, he should have abstained. |