The science temperance text-book : in relation to morals, chemistry, physiology, criticism, and history / [Frederic Richard Lees].

  • Frederic Richard Lees
Date:
1884-
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Credit: The science temperance text-book : in relation to morals, chemistry, physiology, criticism, and history / [Frederic Richard Lees]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    and there a temperance oasis,—a green spot in the waste. In the quaint little city of ViliTneuvette, there is only one cafe and one hotel, both closed at nine o’clock. There pauperism, beggary, and illegitimacy are all but unknown; and the people live long and happily. At St Aubin d’Ecronville, in Normandy, is an establishment for the production of those beautiful anatomical models which have made M. Anzoux so well known. He educates boys to this artistic work, and has generally about 70 persons in his employment. Both smoking and drinking are for¬ bidden. The ouvriers of St Aubin never enter a wine shop, nor waste a sou in smoking. Their hands are always steady, their heads always clear. The consequence is, they economize and put money in the bank. What was formerly a beggarly, dirty village, is now a thriving and beautiful little town. § 18. Russia is another example of national intem¬ perance, both south and north, east and west. Climate and race make little difference when circumstances favour the existence of the vice. The Venetian ambassador Barbaro, in his ‘Travels in 1436, into Tanna [Asof] and Muscovy,’ observes that, “ about twenty-five years ago (1411), the Grand Duke, on finding that his subjects were much addicted to drinking, which made them neglect their affairs, gave orders that no more beer or mead should be made; by which ??ieans he obliged them to live sober and regular lives. Besides this, he did many other things for the advantage of his dominion.” He was followed, how¬ ever, by less wise rulers—in fact, by Grand Dunces on this point, and for several generations a current of corruption has set in, which is likely to end in bringing the empire to decay and extinction. Liberty has bee?i extended it is true, but license has counteracted its legitimate fruits. Since the abolition of serfdom, drunkenness has become at once more common and more dangerous. The Government had long made a point of raising a large revenue from corn-brandy,
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