1936 The Artistry of Mixing Drinks by Frank Meier

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Any young man who can convince me that his lips will never touch alcohol need not follovy my required course in drinks and drinking. To know how to drink is as essential as to know how to swim,and one should be at home in both these closely related elements. Each man reacts differently to alcohol; he should know before the time when, according to custom, he indulges in his first collegiate"binge", whether liquor affects his head, his legs or his morals; whether he sings,fights, weeps, climbs lamp-posts or behaves with excessive affection toward the opposite sex; whether, in short, it makes him a jovial companion or a social pest. A knowledge of these weaknesses will help to overcome them. "Know your capacity and stay within limits." One can drink sensibly, if one knows what a chaos a mixture of liquors can produce. "In vino veritas", so often quoted, does not mean that a man will tell the truth when in drink, but will reveal the hidden side of his character. P m e P P p E p p

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