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482:"The bitter cup they call whisky has brought me here. It will ruin any man. Whisky, whisky is what brought me where I now stand - a condemned murderer, about to be launched into eternity. Oh, take my advise, and banish it. - Banish whisky, and you banish crime. Look at your prisons, look at your poor, look at the gallows erected here to hang me - a soldier who fought five years to defend the Government. Keep liquor away from your citizens; banish whisky, and you will have no more wicked men like Tom Carr to execute. I pray earnestly that God will break up the dram shops. Pray for it, every one."
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each of them passed by him. When he finally got to the kitchen window, he saw Louiza 's body being dressed up by the doctors. He immediately felt that he should go kiss her and shake her hand, but had to wait as there were still people inside. Continuing to observe the people entering and leaving, he saw Louiza 's body, remarking that she was "looking very pale; but thought her's was the most beautiful corpse ever saw." However, despite feeling utterly miserable, Carr decided to hide away in the nearby bank until the morning.
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188:,
184:,
180:,
176:,
172:,
168:,
50:)
46:(
23:.
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