Excerpt from Solid Shot: The Facts and the Arguments on the Liquor Traffic

Bel Arden one day gave out through his realm, That a thousand shekels and a jeweled dirk Should be his who the best answer gave to this: Which of all is Allah's noblest work? So the wise magicians, and learned ones all, The necromancers and alchemists, The grave philosophers, hermits gray, And sages worthy, a goodly list, Studied and pondered the question long, Weighed and balanced the subject well, Consulted nature, science, his craft, And aught to inform in his way that fell. Three days and nights they sleepless spent, Then on the all important day Before Bel Arden they each appeared, A learned profession in grave array!

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