Author: Alexander Read

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2016-10-20

Total Pages: 34

ISBN-13: 9781334020995

Excerpt from An Address, Delivered Before the New-Bedford Auxiliary Society for the Suppression of Intemperance, at Their Annual Meeting, January 6, 1817 The debasing nature and destructive effects of intemperance, will be readily acknowledged, No deviations from the path of duty so forcibly im tpeach all pretensions to the character of rational beings, as an inordinate use of spirituous liquors. But are the community in general aware of the extent of this brutalizing vice Do they consider the millions of property squandered, and the thousands of once valuable citizens self-destroyed *and lost to society From authentic documentsit appears, that, in this country, not less than twenty five million: of dollars are annually expended for this destructive poison. In the same space of time, more than six ooumnd 'lz'eer are sacrificed to this idol of human folly and madness. By this enor mous consumption of ardent spirits, not only the physical strength of the nation is materially affect ed, but moral principle, that bond of union and mnfidmce in society, is relaxed and dissolved. 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."