. Platform echoes: or, Living truths for head and heart . INCREASE OF DRINKING AMONG WOMEN. 519 something against this terrible curse of Great Britain. Butit is perfectly frightful to witness the number of placeswhere drink is sold. I never saw anything to be comparedwith it on this side of the water. There is one thing, how-ever, that should be remembered, and that is, London has apopulation of four millions — larger than all New England,and the area of England itself is not much larger than theState of Maine; so that what exists of evil is seen, as itwere, at a glance. Then there are two cla
. Platform echoes: or, Living truths for head and heart . INCREASE OF DRINKING AMONG WOMEN. 519 something against this terrible curse of Great Britain. Butit is perfectly frightful to witness the number of placeswhere drink is sold. I never saw anything to be comparedwith it on this side of the water. There is one thing, how-ever, that should be remembered, and that is, London has apopulation of four millions — larger than all New England,and the area of England itself is not much larger than theState of Maine; so that what exists of evil is seen, as itwere, at a glance. Then there are two classes, or two worlds;one lives out-doors, and the other in-doors. All the degrada-tion, sin, poverty, and wretchedness of a certain class isexposed to view, and, seeing it at a glance, it appears all themore terrible to us. Samuel Morley, a member of Parliament, said at a meet-ing of mine, I have grave apprehension for the futureof this country unless something is done to stem this terribletide of evil. This increase is among a certain portion ofthe wo
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