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compelled to steal or sell themselves to a life of 

 shame, so that not only a miserable inheritance, 

 but a disgraceful, demoralizing environment is 

 their lot. 



The man who drinks liquor ought to be pro- 

 hibited by law from marriage and parentage. Liquor Drinking 

 He who inflames his brain, brutalizes his pas- a Crime. 

 sions, and then becomes a father is a criminal, 

 upon whom succeeding generations will pass sen- 

 tence. 



In the presence of the facts observable on every 

 hand I am amazed that all intelligent persons, as 

 well as reformers, do not cry out against this 

 curse. It is base inconsistency to recognize the 

 respectable (?) liquor-user as a gentleman, tnen ABas< 

 brand his wayward offspring the product of his inconsistency, 

 indulgences as prostitutes and criminals. 



Any drinker acquainted with the laws of hered- 

 ity, if he have a spark of manhood in him, should 

 either give up his cup or abstain from becoming 

 a parent. If he has not the moral courage to do ^^*'* PIain 

 this of his own free will, then the law should 

 compell him to, for it is no kindness to the inebri- 

 ate to allow him to continue, and it is a crime 

 against future generations. 



Among the visitors at the prison on Blackwell's 

 Island I met a blear-eyed aristocrat who had been 

 a respectable drinker from early manhood. He 

 was there to visit his daughter, a prostitute and a 

 convicted criminal. With tears flowing down Sequel jto a 

 his cheeks he said: "She is paying- the penalty intemperance, 

 for my indulgence." There are thousands of like 

 cases. How much kinder it would have been to 

 that man to have compelled him to live a sober. 



