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Grappling with the Monster

CHAPTER VIII
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At the end of this period he left the asylum to enter upon the duties of a minister in the far West; and to-day he is the president of a new college, and a devout and earnest man! He attributes his cure to the influence of the late chaplain, Rev.
Mr.Bush, and to the new life he was able to lead under the protecting influences and sanitary regulations of the asylum.

This is a meagre outline of a very remarkable case.
CASE NO.3.A poor farmer's boy acquired, while in the army, an inordinate appetite for drink.

He was sent to the New York Inebriate Asylum, but was expelled because he made no effort to reform.

Six months afterwards he joined a temperance society, and kept sober for a year; but fell, and was again sent to the asylum.

This time he made an earnest effort, and remained at the asylum for seven months, when he was offered a situation in Chicago, which he accepted.


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