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vocated the practice. Professor Huxley 

 said, " For forty years of my life, tobacco 

 has been a deadly poison to me. \Loud 

 cheers from the anti-tobacconists.] In 

 my youth, as a medical student, I tried to 

 smoke. In vain ! at every fresh attempt 

 my insidious foe stretched me prostrate 

 on the floor. [Repeated cheers.] I en- 

 tered the navy ; again I tried to smoke, 

 and again met with a defeat. I hated 

 tobacco. I could almost have lent my 

 support to any institution that had for its 

 object the putting of tobacco-smokers to 

 death. [ Vociferous applause] A few 

 years ago I was in Brittany with some 

 friends. We went to an inn. They 

 began to smoke. They looked very 

 happy, and outside it was very wet and 

 dismal. I thought I would try a cigar. 

 [Murmurs.] I did so. [Great expecta- 

 tions.] I smoked that cigar it was de- 

 licious ! [Groans] From that moment 

 I was a changed man ; and I now feel 

 that smoking in moderation is a comfort- 



