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Evil of Card-Playing

Do not play cards. Playing cards, you will
insist, is no more harmful than playing dominoes
or croquet; but it is a fact undeniable that
playing cards leads to something more harmful

than either of the games I have just mentioned.
Card-playing has a history, and it is the experience
of men who understand crime, who
understand civilization in all its grades, that
card-playing has been the source of any number
of crimes. It leads to late hours, bad
company, a betting proclivity, and, finally, it
leads to the using of other people's money.

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