Alcohol and the State: A Discussion of the Problem of Law as Applied to the Liquor TrafficNational Temperance Society and Publication House, 1877 - 411 pages |
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... . THE STATE . CHAPTER I. PRELIMINARY , II CHAPTER II . 16 WASTE , CHAPTER III . DESTRUCTION OF HOME , 24 CHAPTER IV . THE PARENT OF PAUPERISM , 29 CHAPTER V. INJURY TO PUBLIC HEALTH , 34 CHAPTER VI . 44 THE CHIEF OCCASION OF CRIME , ( 7 )
... . THE STATE . CHAPTER I. PRELIMINARY , II CHAPTER II . 16 WASTE , CHAPTER III . DESTRUCTION OF HOME , 24 CHAPTER IV . THE PARENT OF PAUPERISM , 29 CHAPTER V. INJURY TO PUBLIC HEALTH , 34 CHAPTER VI . 44 THE CHIEF OCCASION OF CRIME , ( 7 )
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... pauperism , and domestic misery of the State . " So Governor Gaston , in his message to the Legislature of Massachusetts in 1875 , recommending the repeal of the " " prohibitory law , " says " that intemperance has been the most ...
... pauperism , and domestic misery of the State . " So Governor Gaston , in his message to the Legislature of Massachusetts in 1875 , recommending the repeal of the " " prohibitory law , " says " that intemperance has been the most ...
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... pauperism , the disease and death , and the crime which result from alcoholic drinks impose upon us . They are not the less grave because they elude computation . We shall have occasion hereafter to introduce , in connection with ...
... pauperism , the disease and death , and the crime which result from alcoholic drinks impose upon us . They are not the less grave because they elude computation . We shall have occasion hereafter to introduce , in connection with ...
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... of Labor in Massachusetts , to which I have heretofore alluded , how frequently occurs this sentence : " Family dresses well , and attends church . " CHAPTER IV . THE PARENT OF PAUPERISM . WE are 28 Alcohol vs. the State .
... of Labor in Massachusetts , to which I have heretofore alluded , how frequently occurs this sentence : " Family dresses well , and attends church . " CHAPTER IV . THE PARENT OF PAUPERISM . WE are 28 Alcohol vs. the State .
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... PAUPERISM . WE are now to look a little further into the hell of intemperance . A very poor man may still be a very wise man , a very happy man , and a very useful man ; but a pauper is , in general , an object of deserved pity and ...
... PAUPERISM . WE are now to look a little further into the hell of intemperance . A very poor man may still be a very wise man , a very happy man , and a very useful man ; but a pauper is , in general , an object of deserved pity and ...
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Page 119 - That principle is, that the sole end for which mankind are warranted, individually or collectively, in interfering with the liberty of action of any of their number, is self -protection. That the only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others.
Page 14 - Truths, of all others the most awful and interesting, are too often considered as so true, that they lose all the power of truth, and lie bed-ridden in the dormitory of the soul, side by side with the most despised and exploded errors.
Page 68 - As the happiness of a people, and the good order and preservation of civil government, essentially depend upon piety, religion and morality; and as these cannot be generally diffused through a community, but by the institution of the public worship of GOD, and of public instructions in piety, religion and morality...
Page 185 - No man, nor corporation, or association of men, have any other title to obtain advantages, or particular and exclusive privileges, distinct from those of the community, than what arises from the consideration of services rendered to the public...
Page 125 - 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.
Page 266 - The new Beer Bill has begun its operations. Everybody is drunk. Those who are not singing are sprawling. The sovereign people are in a beastly state.
Page 200 - Every husband, wife, child, parent, guardian, employer or other person who shall be injured in person or property or means of support, by any intoxicated person...
Page 128 - The higher the state of civilization, the more completely do the actions of one member of the social body influence all the rest, and the less possible is it for any one man to do a wrong thing without interfering, more or less, with the freedom of all his fellow-citizens.
Page 105 - It is not necessary, for the sake of justifying the State legislation now under consideration, to array the appalling statistics of misery, pauperism and crime which have their origin in the use or abuse of ardent spirits.
Page 205 - Luxury, my Lords, is to be taxed, but vice prohibited, let the difficulties in executing the law be what they will. Would you lay a tax upon a breach of the Ten Commandments? Would not such a tax be wicked and scandalous ; because it would imply an.