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emma_in_dream) wrote2015-09-29 06:32 pm
emma_in_dream) wrote2015-09-29 06:32 pm
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Those 19th century preachers sure knew how to party
In 1830 while at university, Henry Beecher was the centre of a whirl of dissipation. He played flute for the school band, was a leading member of the Temperance union, *and* enjoyed the rough and tumble of the theological debate society.