The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-10-15

order to keep from ireoYine. and in a eonntr
Ss sS tnSs hs Sre9a %aft
Of Invention and also OF deyelopmcnt and civ
Ization Tho terri g vars Of the higher ,nv ma
, | lions. have forced nations INTO nergetic activ
fly: aud activity on the defence Or even as thu
is an individual and national help. =,
loss Of tho yGung and beloved has stimulated
thought. activity. aud invention. They have
ease. II u man or a nation set out to learn. b,
mental and other activities. and In resistance
viii result IN
things, perhaps. in addition to the cause. o.
disease Man IS o,ir machine Is Siapa6le Of
the history OF nations will show that unlees
there Is some stimIIant i, to activity , there vii
will grow lazier every day, until 1t passes out
But national enlightenment is, the price Of
human blood and human life. No great OBJ
stacle to easy living. stimulating. because
without much destruction OF life. Probably
many bill lions OF human lives were DESTROYED
Gre ss sr BY desire to i've en- and
the necessity OF DESTROYING the cause Of dis;
Wars havS Killed millions of people. but
have done much toward human developmen
of invention to avoid destruction. or to con
ducr. the resulting diffusion Of knowledge, the
from wars. an tho moral Development OF men
and nations was n result. Human liberty Is
blood. 1t appears that human deveiopm emit is
| secured by human activities that result from
necessity, and that unless SONG necessity
pears that all great human stimulants to
activity or the conditions imposed upon hu;
IN general development. have cost the loss OF
| l regard alcohol. in its relation to the en-
| liEhtene1 nations. as one of these fatal obsta-
Giles imposed upon the people to stimulate re-
iectuai and moral actyties Alcohol has i not
made the nations enlightened nor developed
by direct setion il has dsVeiopsd man N not S as
his friend. but as his enemy. In this way al
c?hol 10 an associate 81 enlightened nations.
Alcohol has stimulated scientific research. 1t
| has created many scientific and moral organ-
| cations whose object is to elevate the human
moral evils at tho same time. and thereby
mucn mental and moral develonment is pro;
enlightenment OF u nation.
Ike wars spidkemiss; cold storms, famine:
upon tho brain Of nations. 1t has debauched
and ruined, debased and made drunken. but it
has stimulated resistance. and thereby In
creased human activity. and ran ks as an enc
my, which, in being CONQUERED. has aided the
enlightenment OF the Christian nations.
But having reached a sufficient mental
moral. and physical development; the enlight
ened pat thm, can exist a. the full man
character. The man struggles with obstacles
until he is learned and, rich and then settles
purely Intellectual and moral ense The
enliEhSasd 1asiSns have raised aErieulture to
ons Is FAR in Of eSss
Of the man lying on his back under the bread
fruit tree. and their development is much
prospect now is that the enlightened nations
have conquered epidemics., The logical con-
do not need alcohol. Inebrety must be cured.
There is no more need for, prescribing any
people than there is for advising an occasional
duel because wars are part Of civilized his
snenoo from war or alcohol or o1hsr 81 great
relation es Of these things to human progress
lines have pointed out seem clear. think
the explanation mak max . CLEAR the true rea-
development. ConQuering evil underlies hu-
perate drinking. or to insure the adoption Of
his standard OF moderation. proposes to edu:
in
harmless and useful but that it's dangers de-
pend upon taxing , large Huapsities confess
not give such advice were he more thoughtful
and ha IL aor day for
lifetime no harm will come Of It, but edu,,
practice Of taking this moderate quantity
craving for liquor will be set up and more
t Tiii 10 taken in I'm, few months more or less
viii not 6r ng this result In short. Il the
course. within a. year nothing but imprison-
drin king alcohol as the drunkard drinks it.
,r Etducatlon does not control the will. The |
virtuous are alike brought low by alcohol, no |
matter how small the beginning Alcohol de-
ertul craving for drink. 1t Is tho craving for |
alcohol ,L nn that keeps up the drunkenness ofthe
subject o! the effects Of alcohol.
But do not deny that there ore moderate
drinkers. claim, however. that these people |
are al moderate drinking inebrlates II they
drink faithfully. or every day. or il they take
begins taking one and half ounces OF alcohol |
with daily meals. and continues the practice
suits: If hs omits the alcohol tor a day he will
miss It. He will feel n craving for something
mal This means that the digestive organs
and nervous system are educated to digest
il the alcohol IS Withdrawn the digestive Festive
forces and General physiological measure OF
extent such a person is an nepriate. His
digestion may recover its normal condition in
time i alcohol is used: but until the craving
There is. however. a cIass' OF moderate
drink Sh and there Is method OF making
Il,
tears by protests. by prayers by control Of the
will; The descendants OF inebriates may be
moderate drinkers but none others can be.
No nation can adopt alcohol with It's neces-
sary inebriety; wi thout the operation OF the
laws OF natural selection. When Il nation pro-
c-sds to drink poison. the law OF natural
selection proceeds by its own method to
rescue from tho quito class OF IN odsrate
drinkers. The operation OF the law is
as follows Generation after generation
ehriety. But as the drinking proceeds and
the generations are born nature creates q
rive, u generation who can drink alcohol
moderately without causing drunkenness or
craving. because heredty has transm III ed to
them II certain degree Of tolerance OF the
poison OF alcohol; There is no other method
OF producing n class. or a race, or a nation Of
people who can drink alcohol mode rately.
DIR. Duckworth has dou btless observed many
people who drink his moderate dose OF alcohol |
daily. Perhaps they do so continuously Every
nation can furnish such a class after many
years OF the general consumption OF alcohol
suppose Dr. Duckworth were to educate the
school children to understand that having
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