The young men of the great city.

Date:
[between 1850 and 1859?]
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The young men of the great city. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    these the great majority are men of tempsrance and moderation. It is true that many employers, both of young men and young women, are deeply responsible for exacting labour beyond the power of ordinary constitutions ; but a wise and thoughtful management of themselves, on the part of the employed, will do much to neutralise this. There are few, if any, of the lawful engagements of life which may not be rendered tolerable by judicious management, and dependence on God's providential care. Will the reader pardon me if I mention one other form of reckless ruin into which many plunge, which saps the mental powers, and brings misery and disgrace in its train ! Whether it be on the race-ground or in the betting-room, at the card-table or in mere speculation, GAMBLING is in cvcry way pernicious. Little by little this gigantic falsehood affects the mind, till the feverish excitement ends in bankruptcy, ruin, and death. Entire mental aberration or suicide is the common lot of most gamblers, whether for high or low stakes. The evil pervades every rank of society, and both sexes alike. Sanctioned by the Legislature, by the suspension of its functions on the great gambling day of the year, it spreads its destructive shadow over the land. It robs many an inheritor of a noble name of his ancestral property; many a merchant of his accumulated gains; many a tradesman of his hard-earned store ; many a young man of his steadiness, integrity, and