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The Keynote

           Coketowndidnotcomeoutofitsownfurnaces,inallrespectslikegoldthathadstoodthefire.First,theperplexingmysteryoftheplacewas,Whobelongedtotheeighteendenominations?Because,whoeverdid,thelabouringpeopledidnot.ItwasverystrangetowalkthroughthestreetsonaSundaymorning,andnotehowfewofthemthebarbarousjanglingofbellsthatwasdrivingthesickandnervousmad,calledawayfromtheirownquarter,fromtheirowncloserooms,fromthecornersoftheirownstreets,wheretheyloungedlistlessly,gazingatallthechurchandchapelgoing,asatathingwithwhichtheyhadnomannerofconcern.Norwasitmerelythestrangerwhonoticedthis,becausetherewasanativeorganizationinCoketownitself,whosemembersweretobeheardofintheHouseofCommonseverysession,indignantlypetitioningforactsofparliamentthatshouldmakethesepeoplereligiousbymainforce.ThencametheTeetotalSociety,whocomplainedthatthesesamepeoplewouldgetdrunk,andshowedintabularstatementsthattheydidgetdrunk,andprovedatteapartiesthatnoinducement,humanorDivine(exceptamedal),wouldinducethemtoforegotheircustomofgettingdrunk.Thencamethechemistanddruggist,withothertabularstatements,showingthatwhentheydidn’tgetdrunk,theytookopium.

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