I believe, if we take habitual drunkards as a class, their heads and t…

Abraham Lincoln
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I believe, if we take habitual drunkards as a class, their heads and their hearts will bear an advantageous comparison with those of any other class. There seems ever to have been a proneness in the brilliant and warm-blooded to fall into this vice. ✨ Abraham Lincoln (1989). Abraham Lincoln: Speeches & Writings Part 1: 1832-1858: Library of America #45, p.88, Library of America
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