Jack Watson War
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End of chapter five
Recording by Jack Watson War, Bournemouth, England
Chapter eleven of the Abominations of Modern Society.
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The Abominations of Modern Society by Thomas DeWitt Talmadge.
Chapter eleven
Flask, bottle and demijon.
Note.
This chapter, in its first shape, was given some currency under the title of the Evil Beast.
I have, however, so revised and added to that lecture, that, as given here, it is essentially a new presentation of the dreadful abomination of Rum, and it is in this present shape that I wish the public to receive it as a full expression of my views thereon.
T D W T
There has in all ages and climbs been a tendency to the improper use of stimulants.
Noah, as if disgusted with the prevalence of water in his time, took a strong drink.
By this vice Alexander the Conqueror was conquered.
The Romans at their feasts fell off their seats with intoxication.
Four hundred millions of our race aropiometers.
India, Turkey, and China have grown with the desolation.
And by it had been quenched such lights as Haller and De Quincy.
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