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compared with the deaths caused by intempe- 

 rance. People also talk of reforms such as 

 reforms in Parliament, in religion, &c. but 

 depend upon it, that the great reform we want is 

 the enfranchisement of our fellow-creatures from 

 the degrading effects of drunkenness. The filth 

 and misery which fester round the drunkard 

 must be seen in order to be known. He is, in 

 fact, worse than a brute to himself, as well as to 

 his wife and children, degrading them and de- 

 grading himself. Remember that drunkenness 

 makes some men fools, some men beasts, and 

 some men knaves. 



I have now entered my eighty-second year, 

 and may have but few opportunities of address- 

 ing you again ; but it would be a great happiness 

 to me to think that what I have now affection- 

 ately said to you will be borne in mind when I 

 am no more. May God, of His infinite mercy, 

 bless you all ! 



STRANGEWAYS & WALDEN, PRINTERS, 

 28 Castle St. Leicester Sq. 



