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Page 24
... beer . But such tonics soon began to pall , and the jaded ap- petite of the toper soon resorted to strong wines , to hard cider , and finally to brandy and rum . Others increased the quantity , and learned to drink horse- pails full of beer ...
... beer . But such tonics soon began to pall , and the jaded ap- petite of the toper soon resorted to strong wines , to hard cider , and finally to brandy and rum . Others increased the quantity , and learned to drink horse- pails full of beer ...
Page 26
... beer garden . The logical conclusion of all these premises thus reveals the two - fold secret of the alcohol habit : the anomaly of its attractiveness and the necessity of its progressiveness ; and we at last recognize the truth , 26 ...
... beer garden . The logical conclusion of all these premises thus reveals the two - fold secret of the alcohol habit : the anomaly of its attractiveness and the necessity of its progressiveness ; and we at last recognize the truth , 26 ...
Page 31
... beer orgies in public gardens , etc. ) have a great deal to do with the initiation of boy - topers ? Ignorance does not lead our dumb fellow - creatures to vicious habits , and prejudice is therefore , perhaps , the more correct name ...
... beer orgies in public gardens , etc. ) have a great deal to do with the initiation of boy - topers ? Ignorance does not lead our dumb fellow - creatures to vicious habits , and prejudice is therefore , perhaps , the more correct name ...
Page 33
... beer would prevent the dissemination of the opium habit . No stimulant vice has ever prevented the introduction of worse poisons . Among the indirect causes of intemperance we must therefore include our mistaken toleration of the minor ...
... beer would prevent the dissemination of the opium habit . No stimulant vice has ever prevented the introduction of worse poisons . Among the indirect causes of intemperance we must therefore include our mistaken toleration of the minor ...
Page 46
... beer ; take them to Nuremberg , to the armory of the old City Hall ; let them pick their champion from the ranks of the bloated and sickly- looking citizens ; defy them to find a single man able to wield the weapons that were toys in ...
... beer ; take them to Nuremberg , to the armory of the old City Hall ; let them pick their champion from the ranks of the bloated and sickly- looking citizens ; defy them to find a single man able to wield the weapons that were toys in ...
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The Poison Problem: Or the Cause and Cure of Intemperance (Classic Reprint) Felix L. Oswald No preview available - 2018 |
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Page 85 - The alcohol does not relieve the individual from cold by increasing his temperature ; nor from heat by cooling him ; nor from weakness and exhaustion by nourishing his tissues ; nor yet from affliction by increasing his nerve...
Page 85 - ... and thereby lessening his consciousness of impressions, whether from cold, or heat, or weariness, or pain. In other words, the presence of the alcohol has not in any degree lessened the effects of the evils to which he is exposed, but has diminished his consciousness of their existence, and thereby impaired his judgment concerning the degree of their action upon him.
Page 101 - In the course of my duty as internal revenue officer, I have become thoroughly acquainted with the state and extent of the liquor traffic in Maine, and I have no hesitation in saying that the beer trade is not more than one per cent. of what I remember it to have been, and the trade in distilled liquors is not more than ten per cent. of what it was formerly. . . . When liquor is sold at all, it is done secretly, through fear of the law.