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What does the blood make?--"Bones, flesh, skin, hair, nails, and
cartilage."
What use is the blood to the body?--"It makes the body grow, and keeps it
alive."
Name some kinds of poisonous drinks.--"Rum, brandy, ale, cider, etc."
What do you mean by poisonous drinks?--"Drinks which hurt or poison the
body."
Why do you say that rum and the other drinks you have named are
poisonous?--"Because they do harm to every part of the body."
Which part do they hurt most?--"The head or brain."
What harm do they do to the brain?--"They make it unfit to do its work."
What work does the brain do?--"Thinking."
Then what harm do rum, brandy, wine, and these other drinks do to the
brain?--"They make it unfit to think."
What other poison do some people use?--"Tobacco."
When do children use tobacco?--"When they chew tobacco; when they smoke
cigars or cigarettes."
How much does tobacco poison hurt children?--"More than it hurts anybody
else."
In what way does it hurt children?--"It keeps children from growing fast;
from being strong and healthy; and from learning as well as they ought."
How does it do all this mischief to children?--"It poisons their lungs,
their heart and blood, and their brain.
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