After kindling the flames of alcoholism it is in vain to urge the advantage of a moderate conflagration ; one might as well recommend a moderate use of the privilege to ignite a barrel of gunpowder . We can not tolerate the use of ...
Its first devotees contented themselves with moderate quantities of the milder stimulants — must , hydromel , and light beer . But such tonics soon began to pall , and the jaded appetite of the toper soon resorted to strong wines ...
The records of the Parisian charity hospitals have established the fact , that the moderate use of alcoholic drinks during a period of five years is sufficient to permeate the substance of the liver with fatty infiltrations , and that ...
In large quantities it is a lethal poison ; in smaller doses its effects are less deadly , but not less certainly injurious , and the advocates of moderate drinking might as well recommend moderate perjury . Our lager - beer enthusiasts ...
But let us be quite sure to keep within the limits of facts applying to all litions of life , and assume a minimum of four years . A total of 4,120,000 years for the population b of the United States is therefore a moderate estimate of ...