Word: drinker
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...said that there are two methods, persuasion and legislation, which can rid us of the evil of intemperance. The evil has three elements, viz., the brewery and distillery, the saloon, and the drinker; and if the first one can be overthrown, the overthrow of the two others will follow. Now what is the best means of overthrowing the distillery and the brewery? Surely not persuasion. Should then high or low license, local option or a constitutional amendment be the means? The latter is the best means owing to its superior principle...
...great sensibility to moral questions, and we should do our share to further the cause. The lecturer then discussed the educational and political aspect of the prohibition movement. Life insurance companies take cognizance of a man's habits in drink. The total abstainer obtains better terms than the moderate drinker. The question of total abstinence is answered, and there is no longer any discussion upon the subject that adds anything new. We can tolerate elderly men who take their wine, for they were brought up under an old regime, but there is no excuse for a young man who drinks...
...disease is hereditary. Among 83 cases of neuralgia Abernethy found that nearly all had their start in inherited nervous disease. A draught of cold air is enough to cause neuralgia in a predisposed person. Among the articles that produce degeneration of the nerve tissues, alcohol stands prominent. The hard drinker, though young in years, in regard to his tissues...