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...it was not considered right for a man not to drink, although drink was a dangerous thing. On the contrary, not to drink would have been thought a mark of cowardice and of incapacity for self-control. A man was expected even to get drunk if necessary, and to keep his tongue and his temper no matter how much he drank. The strong character would only become more cautious and more silent under the influence of drink; the weak man would immediately show his weakness. I am told the curious fact that in the English army at the present day officers are expected to act very much after the teaching of the old Norse poet; a man is expected to be able on occasion to drink a considerable amount of wine or spirits without showing the effects of it, either in his conduct or in his speech. "Drink thy share of mead; speak fair or not at all" - that was the old text, and a very sensible one in its way.

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Eoghan Odinsson

Northern Lore: A Field Guide to the Northern Mind-Body-Spirit

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Thank god for Vegas. Seriously.A lobotomy wasn__ as effective as a weekend three hours of Red Bull away (from LA, not Pismo) where I wore the thinnest pinned stilettos, gambled like a sweaty degenerate mobster in black loafers, drank like Amy Winehouse and Charles Bukowski__ baby, and snorted throat-dripping lines of coke in a Hard Rock Hotel bathroom with four new best friends. I__ giddily rub off any one of those from the to-do list I wrote in eyeliner on my hotel bathroom mirror.

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Christy Heron

Unrequited - One Girl, Thirteen Boyfriends, and Vodka.

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I made a considerable dent in the bourbon reserves of three bars. Maybe I couldn__ quite walk a straight line after that, but I was still thinking up a storm and getting nowhere. I switched to Calvert__ the way the ads tell you, with no better results. I thought maybe if I got in touch with Doc Kincaid and asked him for a list of people who had answered his questions I__ be able to find out if the killer had broken his code. It seemed like a fine idea, but I wasn__ buying any of that, either. It was the professional way to go about things and it might bring results in a month or two or twenty, but I didn__ have the time. I__ drink myself into an alcoholic ward long before that.But Tad Barrett might like the idea and might be able to do more about it with a whole staff of trained operatives.Jason Chase, you are a genius. You must drink to this brilliant idea. You must. You will. But the barman shook his head.__hat do you mean, I__e had enough?___ mean, I don__ think you ought to take another. Not here.___hat__ ridiculous, my good sir.

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Stephen Marlowe

Model for Murder