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aesthetics. When, in our civil war, he entered the 

 army, many prophesied a fall. But his wife knew 

 him better. While multitudes succumbed to the 

 subtle tempter, he never wavered. 



Another striking case is that of a physician who 

 thus graphically describes his conflict. When his 

 wife, soon after their marriage, asked the sacrifice, 

 he readily replied, — 



" f Nothing will afford me greater delight than to 

 yield to your request.' So I entered upon my re- 

 nunciation," he says, "and in twenty-four hours 

 was thoroughly conscious of m v enslavement. Oh ! 

 how my nervous system suffered from the want of 

 its daily draught of poison ! The most violent 

 headache and blindness, equal to that which was 

 induced when I first indulged in the use of tobacco, 

 came upon me ; and such complete prostration of 

 my physical powers and depression of mind, with 

 perturbation of spirits, I hope never during my 

 mortal life to be called upon again to endure. My 

 blood played through my veins as if it were a sea- 

 surge. I saw all invisible things that were ugly 

 and demon-like : devils in the shape of old women, 

 haggish and witch-like, danced around me. For 

 the first time in my life I became sensible of the 

 enslaving powers of appetite. Xo force of will, or 

 vigor of conscience was competent to my deliver- 

 ance. My love for my wife, which usually ab- 

 sorbed all my self, faded away into nothingness. 

 I saw nothing, thought f nothing, felt nothing 

 but the overpowering desire for my tobacco," 



