Excerpt from A Century of Drink Reform in the United States The finest and most difficult of human achieve ments, whether for man individually as a personal unit, or collectively as a political unit, is the art of self-government. Ignorance Indifference Self-interest, this is the Cerberus that ever lies at the gateway of humanity' s under-world, that the imprisoned Man may not escape. 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.

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Excerpt from Winning the Fight Against Drink: The History, Development, Rational Basis; Moral, Financial, Economic, and Scientific Appeal of the Temperance Reform, in Which Every Phase of the Subject Is Fully Considered A century of the Temperance Reform has given birth to quite an extensive literature Upon that subject. Almost every feature of the great movement has been exhaustively treated by eminent students, and this litera ture is the just pride of all friends of the great Reform. However, as the cause has advanced and the minds of men have grown, the best treatises have had to be revised or replaced by other and better expositions of the principles upon which the movement is founded. 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.