The problem of religious progress . 1871 1876 1881 gal. per/capita. iSmI 0-98 ga Morals. 303 tended intemperance and ruin, as it did in Englandafter the enactment of the celebrated Beer Act,some years ago. In the British Isles intemperance is still an evilof enormous dimensions, as will be seen by the elab-orate tables in the Appendix, (p. 723,) to which thereader is referred. A careful inspection of thosetables will be more convincing than any generaldiscursive talk can possibly be, as to the conditionof Great Britain in respect to temperance andsobriety. Since 1851 there has been very l
The problem of religious progress . 1871 1876 1881 gal. per/capita. iSmI 0-98 ga Morals. 303 tended intemperance and ruin, as it did in Englandafter the enactment of the celebrated Beer Act,some years ago. In the British Isles intemperance is still an evilof enormous dimensions, as will be seen by the elab-orate tables in the Appendix, (p. 723,) to which thereader is referred. A careful inspection of thosetables will be more convincing than any generaldiscursive talk can possibly be, as to the conditionof Great Britain in respect to temperance andsobriety. Since 1851 there has been very littlevariation in the average per capita consumption ofthe various kinds of liquors : The average of wine has been gallons per capita. spirits i. .. .. i^ggr .. .. During the last twelve years the total annual costof all kinds of liquors has thus been i^ 130,000,000, orabout two thirds of a billion of dollars, yearly. Thisrepresents a prolific cause of pauperism, crime, gen-eral degradation, and misery. Since the year 1831 large efforts have been madein
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