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Of the young men who were my contemporaries a very large proportion became habitual drunkards and died prematurely.
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gutenberg.orgJohn Sherman: “Of the young men who were my contemporaries a very large proportion became habitual drunkards and died prematurely.”
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Sherman observes the tragic fate of many young men of his time who succumbed to alcoholism.
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