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Self Respect and Reform as a Test of a Man
The passage urges a man to be self-respecting and reform for his own sake. It argues he must sign the pledge, prove strength to manage his accounts, and endure two years without alcohol to justify considering him. The test links self-respect to lifelong happiness and personal accountability.
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Charles Goddard Weld
Brookline
Canaveral Club
Florida
Robert C. Heaton
Spruce Street
Beverly Farms
Boston
Dudley B. Fay
Philip V. R. Ely
Charles P. Horton
Brimmer Street
Richard H. Morgan
L. H. Stone
Emmanuel Church
Elwood Worcester
Marlboro Street
Tuileries Ball
Charles S. Sargent
Guy Lowell
John Lowell
J. Montgomery Sears
Sears
Arlington Street
Welcome House
Florence Street
Bishop Lawrence
Francis Peabody, Jr
Somerset
Martha Peabody
Rosamond Peabody
Peabody
Lawrence
Greenough Avenue
Jamaica Plain
David S. Greenough
Anna Greenough
Miss Greenough
China
Japan
Tuxedo
John Greenough
Eliza Hurst
Thomas D. Hurst
Garfield Place
Brooklyn
Edward P. Starbird
Dudley Street
Roxbury
Miss Champagne
Morning Post