CHAPTER XCII 

 BE TEMPERATE 



To get drunk is to surrender oneself to the 

 mercy of his invisible foes. The millions of white 

 corpuscles of the blood are the body's standing 

 army. Their duty is to defend the body against 

 disease germs. They devour the germs. But, 

 when the body is drunk, the standing army is also 

 drunk, and the drunken army is already conquered. 

 Unopposed, the disease germs easily find their way 

 into the body, and generate the poison that kills. 



But where are the billions of the red corpuscles 

 of the blood? It is their office to generate anti- 

 toxine to counteract this poison. But when the 

 body is drunk, they too are drunk. The poison, 

 therefore, has its way, and permeates the entire 

 system. 



The drunken body is utterly defenseless. 



Hence the record: When cholera attacks the 

 drunkard, he dies. When smallpox attacks the 

 drunkard, he dies. When typhoid fever attacks 

 the drunkard, he dies. When pneumonia attacks 

 the drunkard, he dies. When the grippe attacks 

 the drunkard, he dies. 



Such, the world over, is the handwriting on the 

 wall! 



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