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Show BETTER LEAVE IT ALONE. Excessive indulgence in alcohol is notorously destructive of body, mind and soul. A moderate use is claimed in some quarters to be beneficent. The following taken from an article written for McClure's Magazine by Dr. Henry Smith Williams may be considered expert opinion and not the mouthings of a fanatic: "I am bound to believe on the evidence that if. you take alcohol habitually in any quantity whatever, what-ever, it is to some extent a menace to .you. I am bound to believe, in the light of what science has revealed: (1) that you are tangibly threatening the physical structures of your stomach, yourdiver, your kidneys, your heart, your blood vessels, your nerves, your brain; (2) that you are unequivocally decreasing your capacity for work in any field, be it physical, intellectual or artistic; (3) that you are in some measure lowering the grade of your mind, dulling your higher esthetic sense, and taking the finer edge off your morals; (4) that you are distinctly dis-tinctly lessening your chances of maintaining health and attaining longevity; and (5) that you may be entaling upon your descendants yet unborn a bond of incalculable misery." |