Windmuller, in the Circle calls particular attention to the abuses of tea drinking and its baneful effects. He cites the case of one of his friends, a busy lawyer who studies frequently all night in the preparation of the briefs he has to bring into court the next day. During this time he constantly drinks tea. When finally he is overmastered by sleep the caffein still keeps his mind active and carries him in his dreams into court, where, after a brilliant delivery of his convincing argument in his dream he is horrified to hear the judge decide against him. In the morning it is necessary to drag him from his bed and then he discovers that under the spell of night-mare his mind has been wandering. He calls for more tea, staggers into court, still dominated by the influence of the tea under which he delivers his plea. Although fully aware that exertions such as this, made possible by unnatural stimulants, will end in the destruction of his mental faculties, he repeats the experiment whenever he must snatch from the hours needed for rest the time to work. These repetitions have resulted, sometimes in success, sometimes in failure. But the strain has already begun to tell on his system. The minds of all literary persons who burn the midnight oil and who acquire this tea habit become greatly enfeebled, it matters not how they prepare the drink.