The digressions of V., written for his own fun and that of his friends (1910)
Vedder, Elihu, 1836-1923 · Boston, New York, Houghton Mifflin Co. · leaf 85
defective this plan may have been in theory, it worked inpractice; it worked by bringing everything to a standstill in theiraffairs,—and they died. His religion was simplicity itself. He believed he was alreadyeither damned or saved, so never bothered about it. Whetherhis belief saved him or not, I… … MY GRANDFATHER TWO MORE ESCAPES 51 escape may be in order, namely, how I escaped becoming atetotaller. My escape from teetotalism happened at school. It was notso much an escape from that as it was from breaking the pledge,for I should have signed it, had there been a pledge to sign. Ireally did…
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