The Pocket Cyclopedia of Temperance (Classic Reprint)

Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Pocket Cyclopedia of Temperance As the great German scholar, Forel, has made clear, the man who takes an occasional glass of wine or beer becomes inevitably a defender of the whole drink sys tem, a part of the bulwark of the saloon, a defender and abettor of the whole infamous liquor tralhe sys tem which curses America. There are no two sides to the question. A national enemy should be faced by the hostility of every patriotic citizen. 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.