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influence—all your authority—to difcountenance it 
in others. 
adly. Let thofe who from being frequently enticed 
to tafte fpirituous liquors, and at length begin to 
contract a fondnefs for them, reflect a moment on 
the danger of their fituation, and refolve to make a 
‘ {peedy and honourable retreat. Let them remem- 
ber that cuftom foon changes into habit; that ha- 
bit is afecond nature, by no means eafy to be fub- 
dued. For it is by fuch little unfufpected begin- 
nings, that this unfortunate habit is generally 
contracted, and, when once confirmed, rarely ter- 
minates but with life! Learn then, in time, to re- 
fift this bewitching fpirit whenever it tempts you. 
By this means you will foon find yourfelves fo per- 
fectly eafy without it, as at length never to regret 
its abfence; nay, thrice happy in having efcaped 
from the allurements of fuch a dangerous and in- 
fidious enemy. 
3dly. Having thus far fuggefted means by which 
this vice may be prevented, or even remedied in its 
earlier ftages, I now proceed to the more difficult 
part of my tafk,—the sop or the arDuous attempt 
to reclaim the thorough-paced dram-drinker, whofe 
habit has been contracted in youth, ftrengthened 
by indulgence, and rivetted by time—a tafk appa- 
rently as impracticable as to wafh the Ethiopian 
white; or to diveft the Leopard of his fpots! Dif 
ficult undoubtedly it is, though by no means im- 
poffible, 
