Old Gorgon, apropos of letters of introduction, hands out a
whole string of neat conclusions. “Giving a note of introduction
is simply lending your name with a man as collateral, and if
he’s no good you can’t have the satisfaction of redeeming your
indorsement even; and you’re discredited.... I reckon that
the devil invented the habit of indorsing notes and giving
letters to catch the fellows he couldn’t reach with whisky and
gambling.”--GEORGE HORACE LORIMER, “Old Gorgon Graham.”
(1593)
=Industrial Church Training=--See PRACTISE AND INDUSTRIAL TRAINING.