A Dry January conclusion. William Morris on drink
He (William Morris) could scarcely hide his disappointment if-after a public meeting- the comrades were all teetotal, and took him to have a lemonade in some temperance hotel. ‘I’d like to ask you to have a drink’ he would say to such friends. ‘And then he would add, as in despair: ‘but you won’t drink’
E P Thompson. William Morris: From Romantic to Revolutionary
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