GuardYourWeakPoint
？奥里森·马登 / OrisonMarden
“I’llsignitafterawhile，” adrunkardwouldreply， whenrepeatedlyurgedbyhiswifetosignthepledge； “ butIdon’tliketobreakoffatonce， thebestwayistogetusedtoathing.”
“Verywell， ” saidhiswife， “ seeifyoudon’tfallintoaholeoneofthesedays， withnoonetohelpyouout.”
Notlongafter， whenintoxicated， hedidfallintoashallowwell， buthisshoutsforhelpwerefortunatelyheardbyhiswife.“Didn’tItellyouso？” sheasked.“It’sluckyIwasinhearingoryoumighthavedrowned.” Hetookholdofthebucketandshetuggedatthewindlass； butwhenhewasnearthetophergraspslippedanddown， ： “Lookhere， you’redoingthatonpurpose， Iknowyouare.” “ Well， now， Iam.” admittedthewife.“Don’tyouremembertellingmeit’sbesttogetusedtoathingbydegrees？ I’mafraidifIbringyouupsudden， youwouldnotfinditwholesome.” Findingthathiscasewasbecomingdesperate， ， butwarnedhimthatifeverhebecameintoxicatedandfellintothewellagain， shewouldleavehimthere.
， ， bloodthirstynature， ， ， itsferocioustigernaturewasroused， anditrusheduponitsmastertotearhimtopieces.
Sometimestheappetitefordrink， whichwasthoughttobeburiedyearsago， isrousedbythetasteorthesmellof “thedevilinsolution”， andthewretchedvictimfindshimselfahelplessslavetothepassionwhichhethoughtdead.
ThewifeofSocrates， Xanthippe， ， havingventedallthereproachesuponSocratesherfurycouldsuggest， ； and， intheexcessofherrage， sheranupstairsandemptiedavesseluponhishead， atwhichheonlylaughedandsaidthat“somuchthundermustneedsproduceashower.” Alcibiades， hisfriend， talkingwithhimabouthiswife， ， “ Ihavesoaccustomedmyselftoexpectit， thatitnowoffendsmenomorethanthenoiseofcarriagesinthestreet.”
Thestrongmanistheonewhoeverkeepshimselfunderstrictdiscipline， whoneveronceallowsthelowertousurptheplaceofthehigherinhim； whomakeshispassionshisservantsandneverallowsthemtobehismaster； ， ， .
