84 SUMMER IN A BOG. 



A young man, about to return to his studies 

 at a New England university, in conversation 

 with a physician acknowledged that tobacco dis- 

 agreed with him, but in order to meet his fellow- 

 students on a common social ground, he had 

 tried to acquire the habit of smoking. 



A clergyman made a similar confession ; and 

 the physician, adding his testimony as to the 

 injurious effects of this poison, acknowledged 

 a sparing use of it as a social concession. 

 Slaves, every one, where they might be apostlea 

 of freedom! 



A lack of moral stamina, an absence of the 

 virile qualities which make strong, ambitious 

 men, is noticeable among those addicted to the 

 use of tobacco. 



The heads of business houses remark on 

 the scarcity of reliable, able young men to fill 

 the positions of trust and leadership. 



Lately a new charge is heard : that a dullness 

 of the moral sense is apparent. People are 

 growing to be more lenient and indulgent 

 toward sin and sinners, probably because so 

 many of them have near relatives who are the 

 delinquents. Penitentiaries are populous with 

 embezzlers from banks and other places of pub- 

 lic trust. Bribery is common. The men who 

 so little regard the badge of citizenship as to 

 sell their vote increase on all sides. In courts 



