The Curse of Rum, Or the Invincible Crusade Against Intoxicating Drink (Classic Reprint)

Download or read book The Curse of Rum, Or the Invincible Crusade Against Intoxicating Drink (Classic Reprint) written by Arnold H. Blankman and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-01-08 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Curse of Rum, or the Invincible Crusade Against Intoxicating Drink To two ounces of absolute alcohol, diluted in the form of whiskey or gin will kill a child below the age of ten or twelve years. Drunkenness is hereditary. Many idiots and imbeciles are born of drunken parents and a large proportion of the criminal class are drunkards and child ren Of drunkards. It tends to produce a direct mental deterioration particularly does it dull and finally extin guish the moral sense. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.