The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1910-11-03
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STRONG DRINK IS RUINoUS
Men Pre-emInent for intellectual Az
tainments All On Side Of
Temperance.

Poe have been cited 10 prove that
strong drink is an incentive 10 fire the
Imagination TO lofty heights OF fancy
impossible TO be reached. Ia sober
moments.
Both Burns and Poe we're victims
OF the drink habit and both geniuses,
but their cases 80 far from supporting
the claim of alcohol TO usefulness ar.
CUES against IL.
II Burns and Poe. God-gifted as they
we're. had kept their faculties clear
and their reasons undimmed. what
might they not have done? The for.
mer might have become the Homer
OF the Eastern and the latter the
Dante of the Western World As II
was, these twin stars OF the armament
OF literature scintillated htfully for
only few years They simply reeled
through life until they came 10 the
verge OF premature graves and tot.
tered into them ere half their time on
earth was spent. writes Madison c.
Peters In an exchange.
The age of Johnson may be termed
fhe golden age Of English literature.
It's sky was studded with brllliancy,
but how long did the light last2 Men
OF such transcendant gifts as Gold
smith, Savage and Shenstone did not
know the meaning Of life. Their brief
careers were spent nriotous living.
Charles Lever. prince of Irish novel.
lists. represented the Irish squires and
gentlemen as hard.headed. hard-drlnk-
ing. rollicking fellows. whose chief
amusements NTere fox hunting. love
making. and breaking one anothcria
heads. For the most part this por.
trayal was true. but there were some
notable exceptions 10 Levers crea.
| lions among the gentry OF ireland.
The men who did the most for Ire.
land. who reflected an undying glory
on her cause. were. II not teetotalers,
at least temperate. Grattan. Flood.
Wolfe. Tone, Fitzgerald and Emmett
were temperate. Oconnel seldom
drank a glass OF wine The Duke Of
Wellington was an abstemlous man.
Parnell in the heyday Of HIS fame
could not be induced 10 touch LIQUOR.
HIS head was always clear In the
house, and this was the secret OF his
political foresight, which enabled him
TO accomplish SO much.
The great leaders OF English poll
tics. both In the past and present cen.
turies, have been strictly temperate
men. Gladstone only touched light
wines on rare occasions. Morley. an
four. Spencer. Harcourt. Salisbury,
Chamberlain. all early took their
places beneath the temperance ban.
ner. AZ royal receptions and ambas.
sailors balls none Of these men could
be induced to take liquor In any form.
The well known literary men Of
England in our time have almost TO
a man been temperate. Dickens.
though he drank a glass OF ale be-
times. never exceeded discretion.
Reade. Besant, Paine. Buchanan, Ten.
nyson and Browning were all on the
side Of temperance.
The same can be said OF the leading
statesmen and writer's OF Germany.
France. italy and other European
countries at the present day.
The same is notably true OF emf
nent Americans. Have any OF our
great inventors been drunkardsg They
have spent their days and nights In
ceaseless activity. perfecting their de.
signs with clear brains and steady
hands. only desisting 10 obey the cail
Of exhausted nature.
Edison, the wizard of electricity
never touches intoxicating liquors.
Could the Wrlghts and Curtiss, Zen
pelin and Bleriot have conquered the
air with rum-drenched brains and
jangling nerves?
Cur great scientists and medical
men. knowing well the dangers that
Turk In the sparkling glass, shun IL as
they would deadly poison. Kelvin.
Crookes' Roentgen and Koch have all
been total abstainers.
Drink saps the vital organs and
dulls the brain. II has stripped the
crown from The brow OF manhood and
engirdled II with a crimson band OF
shame; 1t has plucked the flowers
from the garden OF success and in
their place has strewn the weeds OF
~ hdo the HWOT0
of victory from the hands OF conquer.
ors. turned it into a scourge and driv-
en- them from the arena OF fame into
the darkness Of obscurity; from royal
brows IL has taken imperial crowns
and dashed them into fragments on
the stone Of defeat and ignomy.
The men who made America were.
with some notable exceptions, OF alb.
stemious habits and austere lives.
Liquor never adds. but always SUBJ
tracts. So far from being a stirnu.
liant. II is an anaesthetic; II deadens
instead Of quickens. Science has
classed It as sporifc or narcotic.
Instead OF helping man up Il drags
him down; instead Of placing him on
the sun-crowped heights Of success
and honor it places him in. the gutter
II failure and shame.
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