Dipsomania

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Excerpt from Dipsomania: With Suggestions for the Prevention and Repression of Intemperance, and for the Treatment of Habitual DrunkardsThe experience of many centuries has proved to us that while the origin of a nation is to be sought in the physical attributes of the territory which it occupies, the cause of its progress and prosperity is to be discovered in the condition moral, physical, and intellectual - of the individuals which compose it, and the state of the laws by which their conduct is regulated and controlled. The in¿uence of a law either for good or evil may become visible at once, and its powers may rapidly develop themselves, or again, its eliect may become apparent only after a lapse of years. But whether developed soon or late, every law must need from time to time revision, perhaps reconstruction, in order that it may adapt or increase its force to meet the requirements of each succeeding age and of a more complex state of society. We have an example of this in the Licensing Acts, which have been several times revised and materially altered. They were originally enacted not only to regulate houses of public entertainment and secure accommodation for all classes of the community, but also to control to a certain extent the excessive use of intoxicating liquors.We may assume that the accomplishment of these objects has been in some measure attained, but the whole subject has been and still con tinnes surrounded with the greatest difficulties. The general principles contained in these Acts appear to be sound, and their provisions seem to have worked with considerable efficiency.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.