Alcohol : its effects upon the organs of the body : being a lecture delivered before the St. John's Branch of the Church of England Men's Society, at St. John's Hall, South Street, Carlisle, on Tuesday, December 7th, 1909 / by H.A. Lediard.

  • Lediard, H. A. (Henry Ambrose), 1847-1932.
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[1909]
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Credit: Alcohol : its effects upon the organs of the body : being a lecture delivered before the St. John's Branch of the Church of England Men's Society, at St. John's Hall, South Street, Carlisle, on Tuesday, December 7th, 1909 / by H.A. Lediard. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    PATRIOTISM. Last year I was asked to give a lecture in the Co-operative Hall, and the subject I chose was patriotism. However, the ladies raised an objection, and I substituted for it one on thrift. There need have been, however, no reason for alarm. I had not engaged a drum, or a gun, or a flag. I had intended to say something about patriotism, not from its military aspect, but merely from a citizen’s point of view. You know every man is, or should be, proud of his native land, in the same way that we are proud of our counties. We want England to come out top dog. We should Hke a Cumbrian to win the King’s Prize at Bisley. We should be proud if England always championed freedom and liberty. We should be proud if Cumberland led the way in any industrial pursuit. This is what I understand by love of one’s country. I never had in my mind bloody battles, diplomatic intrigues, and ships sent to the bottom of the sea with men on their decks shouting Pule Britannia. Theee is a moral patriotism as well AS A GUN AND SWORD PATRIOTISM, and it is to the former that I allude. The splendid heart of John Bright glowed with the fire of patriotism when he spoke of the prevention of war between England and America by the Conven- tion of Geneva, even if we had to pay for the Alabama more than was our due. There were no empty hearths in England, no widows’ weeds worn, no
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