A Plea for Teetotalism, and the Maine Liquor LawWilliam Tweedie, 1855 - 230 էջ |
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... question is a reasonable one , and deserves an explicit reply . Ignorance of the nature and properties of alcohol is one great cause of this apparent indifference to health and happiness . Other causes are , the power of habit and ...
... question is a reasonable one , and deserves an explicit reply . Ignorance of the nature and properties of alcohol is one great cause of this apparent indifference to health and happiness . Other causes are , the power of habit and ...
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... question which arises is , are there any advantages to be derived from the use of intoxicating drinks , to compensate for the evils which their use entails upon society ? Teetotalers can see no advantages arising from their use ; and ...
... question which arises is , are there any advantages to be derived from the use of intoxicating drinks , to compensate for the evils which their use entails upon society ? Teetotalers can see no advantages arising from their use ; and ...
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... question is incor- rect . No man who has any pretension to a knowledge of anatomy or physiology ventures to contravene it ; but we are often pointed to the lives of old men , some of whom have used strong drinks freely for many years ...
... question is incor- rect . No man who has any pretension to a knowledge of anatomy or physiology ventures to contravene it ; but we are often pointed to the lives of old men , some of whom have used strong drinks freely for many years ...
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... question leads us to the conclusion , that in ignorance is to be found the root of our sorrows . Igno- rance and appetite combined drag us down from that high estate which we should other- wise occupy in God's glorious universe . Man is ...
... question leads us to the conclusion , that in ignorance is to be found the root of our sorrows . Igno- rance and appetite combined drag us down from that high estate which we should other- wise occupy in God's glorious universe . Man is ...
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... question , and decide informally whe- ther neighbours should any longer be per- mitted to destroy each other by vending alco- holic poisons . The town had suffered greatly from the sale and use of intoxicating liquors . The leading ...
... question , and decide informally whe- ther neighbours should any longer be per- mitted to destroy each other by vending alco- holic poisons . The town had suffered greatly from the sale and use of intoxicating liquors . The leading ...
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Էջ 157 - Then let us pray that come it may, As come it will for a' that; That sense and worth, o'er a' the earth, May bear the gree, and a' that. For a
Էջ 152 - During the second week, the flatness and insipidity of the water as drink was considerably abated ; and we found ourselves so much less thirsty than usual, that we took very little liquid except at our meals. We found the next Saturday and Sunday an improvement even on the former ones ; and remarked that our appetites were stronger, our digestion better, our tempers less liable to irritation, and our vigour and cheerfulness greatly increased. We were therefore so satisfied with the experiment, that...
Էջ 57 - Tis drink and die." Tell me I hate the bowl ; " Hate " is a feeble word : I loathe — abhor ; my very soul With strong disgust is stirred Whene'er I see or hear or tell Of the dark beverage of hell.
Էջ 13 - That total and universal abstinence from alcoholic liquors, and intoxicating beverages of all sorts, would greatly contribute to the health, the prosperity, the morality, and the happiness of the human race.
Էջ 13 - That a very large proportion of human misery, including poverty, disease, and crime, is induced by the use of alcoholic or fermented liquors as beverages. "2. That the most perfect health is compatible with total abstinence from all such intoxicating beverages, whether in the form of ardent spirits, or as wine, beer, ale, porter, cider, &c.
Էջ 135 - ... melancholy. Voltaire and Fontenelle, for the same purpose, used coffee. The excitements of Newton and Hobbes were the fumes of tobacco, while Demosthenes and Haller were sufficiently stimulated by drinking freely of cold water. Such are the differences of constitution. "As good be melancholy still, as drunken beasts and beggars.
Էջ 13 - That the most perfect health is compatible with total abstinence from all such intoxicating beverages, whether in the form of ardent spirits, or as wine, beer, ale, porter, cider, &c. &c. " 3. That persons accustomed to such drinks may with perfect safety discontinue them entirely, either at once, or gradually after a short time.
Էջ 8 - of all the evils of human life, no cause of disease has so wide a range, or so large a share, as the use of spirituous liquors ; and that more than half the sudden deaths are occasioned by them.
Էջ 56 - ... breakfast and dinner, and a third, shortly before going to bed. Independently of this, he indulged in wine and whatever liquor came within his reach. Even during the hours usually appropriated to sleep, the same system was pursued — brandy being placed at the bed-side for his use in the night time.
Էջ 56 - To this destructive vice he had been addicted since his sixteenth year ; and it had gone on increasing from day to day, till it had acquired its then alarming and almost incredible magnitude.