The condensed argument for the legislative prohibition of the liquor traffic / by F.R. Lees.

  • Lees, Frederic Richard, 1815-1897
Date:
1864
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Credit: The condensed argument for the legislative prohibition of the liquor traffic / by F.R. Lees. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    K38879 THE CONDENSED ARGUMENT FOE THE LEGISLATIVE PROHIBITION OF THE LIQUOR TRAFFIC: BY BE E. E. LEES. FOUNDED OX THE ESSAY TO WHICH THE ALLIANCE PRIZE WAS AWARDED. “ A9 drunkenness is a common source of many other vices, and also of crimes- tendmg to demoralize and deteriorate the species-Governments ought to favor the researches of learned men who seek to ascertain the condition of the People, nnd who try to improve them...I am persuaded that a work, well-written, which would endeavor to make known the injuries this pestilence inflicts on Society, would he of the greatest utilitv’.,, T\r » ~ ° * AL. A. Quetelet. 1835. LONDON: J. Catowell, 335, Stband. If CHESTER: UNITED KINGDOM ALLIANCE, 41, JOHN DALTON-STREET. 1804.