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176 THE TEMPEBANCE MOVEMENT
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XXVII.—THE TEMPERANCE MOVEMENT AND 1
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—?- — The educated world seems to be div...
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* !For Five Centuries Koine Lield Britai...
"cup while , and the then , taking continued her to seat flow beside the her husband to arise , remaine and the d song
revelry to increase cup . ' In monkish chronicles , we read of , high-born ladies presiding at feasts——and the early illuminators often depict
the scene . In one drawing , , a party is seated at table in this order : a man , a lady ; a man , a lady ; two men and another lady .
The two first appear to be pledging each other , while the others are engaged in general conversation ; each holds a cup or horn .
It was at dinner that the king ' s mother urged Dunstan to accept the vacant bishopric , and we have a long account of Ethelstan
dining with his relation Ethelfleda , and of her anxiety to supply a suitable entertainment . In the poem of Beowulf , we read :
"There was then a number Who Of men the and -wine women -chamber ,
, There Of the shone great , mansion variegated prep with ared gold . ,
The web on the walls ; Of Many each wonders of the warriors to the sight itbecame visible
That would gaze on , . "
176 The Tempebance Movement
176 THE TEMPEBANCE MOVEMENT
Xxvii.—The Temperance Movement And 1
XXVII . —THE TEMPERANCE MOVEMENT AND WORKING WOMEN .
—?- — The Educated World Seems To Be Div...
—? - — The educated world seems to be divided into two classes—people
who read and do nothing else , and busy people who never open a book
This . is an unfortunate division ; for the reading people make no use of their informationwhile the busy people are liable to
, make Business mistakes has throug a propensity h want to of accumulate knowledge . itself together , all in a
heap and and willingness , exhorted on one to pair to , work of working shoulders , are apt to rising ; and be calle earl those d , upon and who , l and show ing encourage down capabilit late d y _,,
go on , y y , well till they for hav a few e not weeks a moment or months left but to themselves if this state . of This things is ' all shows
verythan persons a tendency if they who to are continue always themselves for at years work leisure , , will it oug for end ht reflection by to working be resisted and less to , because refresh wisely _, -
their mental gave system by studying facts and by perusing , the ideasand ht op to inions stop now of other and then people to . take Like an the observation captain and of a make ship , they
sureoug they Still are , the sailing busy in peop the le ri de ght serve direction to receive . the prize for usefulness ; _-
for while the reading people are sitting- in their armchairs , finding
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), May 1, 1863, page 176, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01051863/page/32/
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