Morality of prohibitory liquor laws : an essay, The

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THE MORALITY

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Preface

subject is so important in all its bearings, that any sincere study of it can do no harm, and must be welcomed by all thoughtful persons.

The writer believes that the whole fabric of our legal and political action has been strained and injured by the institution and administration of these liquor laws. He believes that one of the first and most important steps in the much talked about reform of civil government must be, to turn the humane temperance impulse away from its abnormal action in law and in the slate, and to give it natural play in the ethical improvement of the individual man and of society. If these pages contain any facts, or show any reasons which may help to forward this issue, his labor has not been in vain.

W. B. W.

Peovidence, R.I., January, 1875.