1 Esdras 3:18
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“Gentlemen, how is it that wine is so superior? It misleads the minds of all who drink it.
‘Gentlemen, how is wine the strongest? It leads astray the minds of all who drink it.
It makes equal the mind of the king and the orphan, of the slave and the free, of the poor and the rich.
“Gentlemen, how is wine the strongest? It leads astray the minds of all who drink it.
and said to them, Men! full (sur)passing(ly) strong is wine; to all men that drink it, it beareth down the mind; [and said, Men! how much wine is passing strong; to all men that drink it, it beareth down the mind;]
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