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28 октября 2014 г., 12:23
A vice is known by the... «They Return at Evening»
A vice is known by the company it collects. There must be something to be said for opium. It makes glad the heart of Chinks, it induced 'The Ancient Mariner', and made De Quincey immortal. Booze has many excellent songs, Boris Goudonov, and missed partridges to its credit. Even murder can point to detective stories - the favourite literature of our Great Ones, and the support of hangmen's families. But gambling has nothing to justify its existence.
