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II" HINTS TOWARD REFoRMs In Lectures,
Addresses and other Writings; By HORACE
GREELEY has just been handsomely issued by
Harper K Brothers Contents
|. The EMANCIPATION OF LABos; A Lecture.
2 LIFE: THE IDEAL AND THE ACTUAL: Lecture.
g. The FORMATION OF CHARACTER. A Lecture.
T. TRE RELATIossoF LgAssISG TO LABOR; Addresa
5. HUMAN LIFEi Lecture.
| g. THE ORGANIZATION or LABOR; A Lecture.
| 7. TEACHERS AND TEACHING A Lecture.
| 8. LABoR's POLITICAL ECONOMY An Essay.
| g. ALCOHOLIC Liquors, Their Nature and Effects
| 10. The SOCIAL ARcHIrEcTs-FoUsIERi A Lecture
H. Eegsc Inscription for the Martyrs to Roman Liberty
Byi1 Reform Essdys-Deaih by Humsa Law; Land Re.
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The Union OF Workers; The rrade R-fJnn What free
the City; strikes and their Remedy; Gmpses Of Better
usniiyj The Church and the Ages This Ideal OF True
Life; Humenly
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70. "THE USE AID ABUSE on ALCOHOLIC
LIQUORS." by WILLIAM b. CARPEsrER, 10 the
production Of an eminent medical man in England,
wi ich gained the Prize Of One Hundred Guineas
for the best essay 10 answer 70 the following qaes-
tons: What are the effects. corporea and mental,
IF Alcoholic Liquors on the healthy hanan systeml
Does physiology or experience teach us that Alco-
,olc Liquors should form part OF the ordinary sas-
euance Of Man, particularly under circumstances
# exposure to severe labor, or 70 extremes of
emperatare Are there any special notifications
4 the bodily mental condition Of man, short Of
ctual disease, in which the occasional ox habitua
re Of Alcoholic Liquors may be necessary or ben
fciali Is the employment Of Alcoholic Liquors
ecessary in the practice Of m sdicine The Essay
prepared in very elaborate manner, and pre-
snts great mass Of facts and arguments in sup