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tolerated in that institution, his host was in a predic- 

 ament. Should he, in defiance of law himself pur- 

 chase the forbidden article ? Or, not venturing on 

 this, should he delegate the commission to one of the 

 students ? He decided on the only right step. Seek- 

 ing the room of his distinguished guest, he frankly 

 explained that he could not supply his wants without 

 breaking the rule which, from the beginning, had 

 been observed by all the teachers and twenty 

 thousand pupils. 



The good doctor made answer that he should 

 not bring dishonor upon the rule while he was in 

 that pure atmosphere. 



It can hardly be pleasant to a D.D., and perhaps 

 LL.D. to boot, to have it bruited abroad : K He 

 is an extraordinary man ; but he is also an extraor- 

 dinary smoker, his study being sometimes perfectly 

 black with smoke. He is a great and a good 

 man ; but he will smoke a pipe. He is a fine 

 preacher ; but then he goes through the streets 

 puffing a cigar." 



Eloquence and tobacco flowing from the same lips 

 — the eloquence, perchance, born of the narcotic ! 

 To many a hearer the edge of the sermon is blunted 

 by his knowledge that the preacher has a quid 

 adroitly hidden in his mouth. The more devout 

 the man, the more deplorable the conjunction. 



During the sessions of a religious body, it is not 

 uncommon to see ministers smoking in the vesti- 

 bule, while the committee-rooms are saturated with 

 tobacco-fumes. 



