Many men could be brought to abandon their evil habits if they could
have them as plainly pictured as the man did in the following incident:
A rich profligate kept two monkeys for his amusement. Once he
peeped into his dining hall where he and his friends had been
enjoying themselves in wine, and found his pets mimicking the
recent party. They mounted the table, helped themselves to the
wine, and gestured and jabbered as they had seen their master
and his guests doing. Soon they got merry and jumped all about
the room. Then they got to fighting on the floor and tearing
each other’s hair. The master stood in amazement. “What,” he
said, “is this a picture of me? Do even the brutes rebuke me?”
Ever afterward he was a sober man.
(2219)
=Object-teaching, Successful=--See WARMTH, LOST.
=Objection Overcome=--See TACT.