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A number of moralists condemn lotteries and refuse to see anything

A number of moralists condemn lotteries and refuse to see anything noble in the passion of the ordinary gambler. They judge gambling as some atheists judge religion, by its excesses. – Charles Lamb, Essays of Elia, 1832

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