Excerpt from A Thought for the Forecastle, or "Home, Sweet Home"Now, in order to avoid as much as possible, the temptation 'of the wine which looks red in the cup, and which at the last, stingeth like an adder, let me advise and entreat you that you go to board at the homes provided for you by the' Seamen's Friend Society, and other temperance houses. I advise you as a friend. I do not keep a home or a temper ance house, it will be of no advantage to me in any way, but merely as a friend, a friend of sea men, I advise you, I entreat you. A friend is one who seeketh the happiness and welfare of another. Thus do I seek your happiness, your best interests.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.