An aching head and trembling limbs, which are the inevitable effects o…

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An aching head and trembling limbs, which are the inevitable effects of drinking, disincline the hands from work. ✨ George Washington, David Maydole Matteson, United States George Washington Bicentennial Commission (1931). The writings of George Washington from the original manuscript sources, 1745-1799
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