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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Tacoma Park Station, Washington, D.C. · Oct 4, 1906

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 83, No. 40.

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One Glass too Much

THE Duke of Orleans was the eldest son of King Louis Philippe, and the inheritor of whatever rights his father could transmit. He was physically noble. His generous qualities made him universally popular. One morning he invited a few of his companions to breakfast, as he was about to depart from Paris to join his regiment. In the conviviality of the hour he drank a little too much wine. He was not in any respect a dissipated man. But in that joyous hour he drank just one glass too much, and slightly lost the balance of his body and mind. Bidding adieu to his companions, he entered his carriage, and presently alighting at his destination, leaped from it and lost his balance. His head struck the pavement. Senseless and bleeding, he was carried into a beer-house close by, and died. That extra glass of wine overthrew the Orleans dynasty, and sent the whole family into exile.— Selected.