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... capacity for
beer, I was elected to ...
BB p.173,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
On account of my enormous capacity for beer, I was elected to membership in one of the drinking societies, and
soon became one of the leading spirits.
2.
... capacity for
faith, or love, or worship.
BB p.54,
We Agnostics
3.
... capacity to
be honest.
BB p.58,
How It Works
There are those, too, who suffer from grave emotional and mental disorders, but many of them
do recover if they have the capacity to be honest.
4.
... capacity to
surmount obstacles, was cornered at ...
BB p.8,
Bill's Story
I, who had thought so well
of myself and my abilities, of my capacity to
surmount obstacles,
was cornered at last.
5.
... capacity, was
an alcoholic of a type ...
BB xxv(xxiii),
The Doctor's Opinion
In late 1934 I attended a patient who, though he had been a competent businessman
of good earning capacity, was an alcoholic of a
type I had come to regard as hopeless.
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