There is this to be said in favor of drinking, that it takes the drunk…

Ralph Waldo Emerson
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There is this to be said in favor of drinking, that it takes the drunkard first out of society, then out of the world. ✨ Ralph Waldo Emerson (2011). Selected Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson, p.199, Penguin
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