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He said, "Call the young men, and they shall explain their statements." So they were summoned, and came in.
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They said to them, "Explain to us what you have written." Then the first, who had spoken of the strength of wine, began and said:
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"Gentlemen, how is wine the strongest? It leads astray the minds of all who drink it.
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It makes equal the mind of the king and the orphan, of the slave and the free, of the poor and the rich.
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It turns every thought to feasting and mirth, and forgets all sorrow and debt.
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