I saw some men playing “banker and broker.” They had some
filthy-looking cards, and some paltry pennies. They were a
good-natured lot of fellows, and the game looked very simple.
But I tell you that the great gamblers against whom the laws are
made began their wrong-doing in just that way. And the playing
for little stakes is worse. If a man takes from me a large sum
of money and gives me nothing in return, I can make some excuse
for him, because the temptation was great. But if a man takes
from me a paltry dime, that is wanton. And the man who stole a
million and the clerk who stole a quarter, and the shoe-shiner
who stole a nickel and the man who stole a ride, and the woman
who used a postage-stamp the second time are all thieves
alike.--A. H. C. MORSE.
(3218)
=Theism=--See RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION DENIED.