The Women's War on Whisky: Its History, Theory, and Prospects; Embracing a Comprehensive Account of the Rise and Progress of the Women’s Temperance Movement, With Scenes and Incidents of the Campaign - Hardcover

John Hanson Beadle

9780267546183: The Women's War on Whisky: Its History, Theory, and Prospects; Embracing a Comprehensive Account of the Rise and Progress of the Women’s Temperance Movement, With Scenes and Incidents of the Campaign

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ISBN 10: 0267546181 ISBN 13: 9780267546183

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The i'ntemperate use of intoxicating liquors has 'been in all ages justly regarded as a great scourge of hu manity and this alike in the lower and higher stages of civilization. The refining Influences which moderated all other appetites and assuaged all other evils seemed almost ineffective as to this. In vain the moralist, satirist, priest.

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