The Temperance Reformation: Its History, from the Organization of the First Temperance Society to the Adoption of the Liquor Law of Maine, 1851; and the Consequent Influence of the Promulgation of that Law on the Political Interest of the State of New York, 1852 |
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... happiness , and safety of mankind . But the enemy claimed the right of inheritance , till , by wiles and stratagems , he intrenched . himself in the fortification of the license law of the land , which he had the audacity to invade ...
... happiness , and safety of mankind . But the enemy claimed the right of inheritance , till , by wiles and stratagems , he intrenched . himself in the fortification of the license law of the land , which he had the audacity to invade ...
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... happiness on earth , in preparation for an eternal state of rest and glory in heaven . SECOND AND THIRD EPOCHS . During these epochs of the temperance reformation , comprising a period of about a quarter of a century , the temperance ...
... happiness on earth , in preparation for an eternal state of rest and glory in heaven . SECOND AND THIRD EPOCHS . During these epochs of the temperance reformation , comprising a period of about a quarter of a century , the temperance ...
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... happiness . Peace and joy graced their do- mestic hearth . But , alas ! our license laws provide places of temptation . Enticers lie in wait for these men . The liquor - dealers ' alluring arts ( akin to the wiles of the arch fell ...
... happiness . Peace and joy graced their do- mestic hearth . But , alas ! our license laws provide places of temptation . Enticers lie in wait for these men . The liquor - dealers ' alluring arts ( akin to the wiles of the arch fell ...
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... happiness to all human temperance beings who shall inhabit this divinely reno- vated globe of earth . Such is the bright emblem of the superlative blessedness and consummated perfections of the pending Temperance Reformation . What can ...
... happiness to all human temperance beings who shall inhabit this divinely reno- vated globe of earth . Such is the bright emblem of the superlative blessedness and consummated perfections of the pending Temperance Reformation . What can ...
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... the pursuit of idle vanities and sumptuous living , which are as destructive to souls as downright drunkenness . Something more is necessary to human happiness , and 40 AN IMPORTANT CONTRAST . better than all this bustle.
... the pursuit of idle vanities and sumptuous living , which are as destructive to souls as downright drunkenness . Something more is necessary to human happiness , and 40 AN IMPORTANT CONTRAST . better than all this bustle.
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