Right and Duty of Prohibition: Argument Before a Joint Special Committee of the Massachusetts Legislature, in the Hall of the House of RepresentativesWright & Potter, printers, 1867 - Всего страниц: 122 |
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... evidence that has not been introduced ? Mr. MINER . I was about to say , that this had not been introduced . Mr. CHILD . I would like to know how far the discussion is to proceed upon evidence that , during six 15.
... evidence that has not been introduced ? Mr. MINER . I was about to say , that this had not been introduced . Mr. CHILD . I would like to know how far the discussion is to proceed upon evidence that , during six 15.
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... evidence that , during six weeks , has not been brought before this Com- mittee . I think such evidence should not be intro- duced ; I think it can have no legitimate tendency to enlighten the Committee , but rather to mislead . The ...
... evidence that , during six weeks , has not been brought before this Com- mittee . I think such evidence should not be intro- duced ; I think it can have no legitimate tendency to enlighten the Committee , but rather to mislead . The ...
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... evidence which we sought to introduce , but were not permitted . It was the fact , which had come to our knowledge from entirely reliable sources , that certain gen- tlemen , whose names were given us , had sub- scribed large sums of ...
... evidence which we sought to introduce , but were not permitted . It was the fact , which had come to our knowledge from entirely reliable sources , that certain gen- tlemen , whose names were given us , had sub- scribed large sums of ...
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... evidence concerning the positive influence of intemperance upon prob- abilities of life at any age , from the researches of Mr. Neison , actuary of the Medical , Invalid and General Life Insurance Company of London . DEATHS IN 100,000 ...
... evidence concerning the positive influence of intemperance upon prob- abilities of life at any age , from the researches of Mr. Neison , actuary of the Medical , Invalid and General Life Insurance Company of London . DEATHS IN 100,000 ...
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... evidences of intemperance decreased 54 per cent . , and by the second comparison , this decrease was 57 per cent . in passing from license to prohibition . * You have had the testimony of the distinguished chemist , Dr. A. A. Hayes ...
... evidences of intemperance decreased 54 per cent . , and by the second comparison , this decrease was 57 per cent . in passing from license to prohibition . * You have had the testimony of the distinguished chemist , Dr. A. A. Hayes ...
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abstinence alcoholic beverages alcoholic liquors alcoholic preparations alleged Amherst College apothecaries asked authority Barnstable Barnstable County Berkshire Board Boston Herald cause cent Chairman Christian citizens city of Boston Committee Common Commonwealth crime criminal Deaths from Intemperance declared delirium tremens disease drunkards drunkenness effect Emory Washburn enactment evidence evils executed fact Faneuil Hall favor fermented France gentlemen grape habits hand Hospital human hundred indulgence influence insane intoxicating beverages intoxicating liquors Judge Sanger learned counsel Legislature license law liquor traffic liquor-sellers liquors as beverages Lowell lunatics Massachusetts Medical medicinal Member moral Nantucket Counties OLIVER AMES open sale opinion perance petitioners population pounds sterling present law prisons prohibition prohibitory law pulpit question regard remonstrances respect restrain sale of liquors sell social society stringent Suffolk County teetotaler temperance testified testimony thousand tion total abstinence town twenty various Williams College wine witnesses
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Стр. 75 - Wherefore, if meat make my brother to offend, I will eat no ^ flesh while the world standeth, * lest I make my brother to offend.
Стр. 55 - That persons accustomed to such drinks may with perfect safety discontinue them entirely, either at once, or gradually after a short time.
Стр. 46 - I firmly believe that if the whole materia medica, as now used, could be sunk to the bottom of the sea, it would be all the better for mankind, — and all the worse for the fishes.
Стр. 33 - The drunkard not only injures and enfeebles his own nervous system, but entails mental disease upon his family. His daughters are nervous and hysterical ; his sons are weak, wayward, eccentric, and sink insane under the pressure of excitement, of some unforeseen exigency, or of the ordinary calls of duty.
Стр. 54 - That the most perfect health is compatible with total abstinence from all such intoxicating beverages, whether in the form of ardent spirits, or as wine, beer, ale, porter, cider, &c., &c.
Стр. 69 - The Son of man is come eating and drinking; and ye say, Behold a gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners ! 35 But wisdom is justified of all her children.
Стр. 69 - Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like? 32 They are like unto children sitting in the marketplace, and calling one to another, and saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced ; we have mourned to you, and ye have not wept. 33 For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine; and ye say, He hath a devil.
Стр. 70 - Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake and thine often infirmities.
Стр. 59 - I came to Europe under the impression that there was more drunkenness among us than in any other country, — England, perhaps, excepted. A residence of six months in Paris changed my views entirely ; I have taken unbelievers with me into the streets, and have never failed to convince them of their mistake in the course of an hour On one occasion a party of four went out with this object ; we passed thirteen drunken men...
Стр. 79 - Whenever, in short, there is a definite damage, or a definite risk of damage, either to an individual or to the public, the case is taken out of the province of liberty, and placed in that of morality or law.