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For a brief moment, I had needed and wanted God.

Why can’t he?’’ “Why don’t you drink like a gentleman or quit?’’ “That fellow can’t handle his liquor.’’ “Why don’t you try beer and wine?’’ “Lay off the hard stuff.’’ “His will power must be weak.’’ “He could stop if he wanted to.’’ “She’s such a sweet girl, I should think he’d stop for her sake.’’ “The doctor told him that if he ever drank again it would kill him, but there he is all lit up again.’’ Now these are commonplace observations on drinkers which we hear all the time.

we did because we honestly wanted to, and were willing to make the effort.

get well, little charity, in the ordinary sense of the word, is needed or wanted.

Even when he wanted to assert himself

I still expected a plea for clemency, but these words came through the receiver: “I just wanted to tell you Paul jumped from a hotel window in Hartford last Saturday.

She wanted to know if her husband’s company insurance was still in force.

I wanted to throw up my hands in discouragement, for I saw that I had failed to help my banker friend understand.

He wanted so much to talk with someone, but whom?

He proved to be a devil-may-care young fellow whose parents could not make out whether he wanted to stop drinking or not.