Author: Crosby Howard

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-01-14

Total Pages: 138

ISBN-13: 9780483076501

Excerpt from Moderation Vs Total Abstinence: Or Dr. Crosby and His Reviewers Too often that which is called conscience is mere obsti nacy of Opinion and personal pride. A large part of the fanaticism that history records has been made in this way. Men have gone to the stake as martyrs, or sufferers for con science' sake, when the heresy they professed never went deeper than their sentiment, and might readilv have been altered by a free judgment. While this fact does not justify their persecutors or palliate their guilt, yet it certainly de tracts from the merit of the martyrdom. In this matter of arresting the progress of drunkenness we may have very different views of the means to be used, and we may consci entiously adhere to our own plan of working toward the end, but we cannot conscientiously object to the means em ployed by others unless they contain an immorality. Nay, more. We must conscientiously wish them success. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.