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     * none did compel.
       Every person drank what he pleased.  Among the Greeks,
       however, each guest was obliged to keep the round, or leave
       the company:  hence the proverb [E pithi, e apithi,] Drink, or
       begone.  Mr. Herbert, in his poem entitled "The Church Porch,"
       has severely reprobated this vile custom.  In Britain,
       however, this demoralizing custom is now almost destroyed, and
       a new era of social pleasure is arising, by temperate habits,
       increased domestic comforts, and the spread of gospel truths.

     # Jer 35:8; 51:7; Hab 2:15,16|
     * the officers.
     # Joh 2:8|