"Say Fellows—" - Fifty Practical Talks with Boys on Life's Big Issues by Wade C. Smith
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page 93 of 153 (60%)
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That cigarettes "hinder the development of the body" is testified to by the following physical directors of universities: Drs. Seaver and Anderson, of Yale; Dr. Hitchcock, of Ambrose; Dr. Meylin, of Columbia--as a result of repeated and careful measurements both of smokers and non-smokers. Judge Ben Lindsey says: "No pure-minded, honest, manly, brave boy will smoke a cigarette." "Home-Run" Baker says: "I do not smoke--never did. If any youngster wants advice from one who doesn't mean to preach, there it is: Leave cigarettes alone!" Dr. Coffin, of the Whittier Reform School, says: "Of the 1,700 boys who have been inmates of this institution, 1,670 were cigarette smokers!" _There_ is "satisfaction" for you; no, not for you, but only satisfaction for the cigarette manufacturer and dealer, such satisfaction as comes from ill-gotten gains, which after all cannot be permanent. Yes, "it satisfies"--the cigarette,--it satisfies--satisfies the devil, and _he_ laughs, and _his_ is the only real long laugh that the cigarette affords. The cigarette-tree is known by its fruit. Cut it out. _Read 1 Corinthians 9:24-27._ |
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