Proceedings of the ... National Temperance Convention, Volume 5, Part 1865S.W. Benedict, 1865 |
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Page 13 - ... far as they go, fall short of the nation's need and the nation's duty; and that, therefore, on the obvious principle of destroying the evil which cannot be controlled, the wisest course for those who fear God and regard man is to encourage every legitimate effort for the entire suppression of the trade, by the power of the national will, and through the form of a legislative enactment.
Page 25 - But what is a stimulant ? It is usually held to be something which spurs on an animal operated upon to a more vigorous performance of its duties. It seems very doubtful if, on the healthy nervous system, this is ever the effect of alcohol, even in the most moderate doses and for the shortest periods of time.
Page 25 - To recapitulate; we think that the evidence so far as it has yet gone, shows the action of alcohol upon life to be consistent and uniform in all its phases, and to be always exhibited as an arrest of vitality.
Page 25 - It is clear that we must cease to regard alcohol as in any sense an aliment, inasmuch as it goes out as it went in, and does not, so far as we know, leave any of its substance behind it.
Page 70 - Here, more than in any other area, "an ounce of prevention is worth more than a pound of cure.
Page 24 - It greatly lessens muscular tone and power. There is no evidence that it increases nervous influence, whilst there is much evidence that it lessens nervous power.
Page 13 - ... moral character of the people, and is the chief outward obstruction to the progress of the Gospel; that these are not its accidental attendants, but its natural fruits /"that the benefit, if any, is very small in comparison with the bane; that all schemes of regulation and restriction, however good so far as they go, fall short of the nation's need and the nation's duty; and that, therefore, on the obvious principle of destroying the evil which cannot be controlled, the wisest course for those...
Page 13 - ... much of the disease and insanity that afflict the land; that everywhere, and in proportion to its prevalence, it deteriorates the moral character of the people, and is the chief outward obstruction to the progress of the Gospel : that these are not its accidental attendants, but its natural fruits; that the benefit, if any, is very small in comparison with the bane ; that all schemes of regulation and restriction, however good...
Page 83 - Messiah was to have the heathen for his inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for a possession...
Page 17 - We shall all become a community of drunkards in this town, unless something is done to arrest the progress of intemperance I