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The Gaming Table by Andrew Steinmetz
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XI. page 51
Wilberforce's own case is thus recorded by his biographers, on
the authority of his private Journal:--`We can have no play to-
night,' complained some of the party at the club, `for St Andrew
is not here to keep bank.' `Wilberforce,' said Mr Bankes, who
never joined himself, `if you will keep it I will give you a
guinea.' The playful challenge was accepted, but as the game
grew deep he rose the winner of L600. Much of this was lost
by those who were only heirs to fortunes, and therefore could not
meet such a call without inconvenience. The pain he felt at
their annoyance cured him of a taste which seemed but too likely
to become predominant.
Goosetree's being then almost exclusively composed of incipient
orators and embryo statesmen, the call for a gambling table there
may be regarded as a decisive proof of the universal prevalence
of the vice.
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