Temperance and Prohibition (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Temperance and Prohibition The man who thoroughly understands the principle of bal ance in bookkeeping is able, with the knowledge of a few technicalities, to keep the books of any ordinary business concern. The principle of the steam engine is very simple, yet it underlies nearly all the manufacturing, transpor tation, mining and other great industries of the world. These principles are in everything, in the hearts of men as well as in the workings of nature. Ambition leads men to work, to think, to scheme, to overcome defects and per fect themselves. The philosophy a man adopts in¿uences all the activities of his life. Progress is made in life only as principles are mastered, one of which is this principle of tem peronee, which should be developed and thoroughly estab lished in the mind and heart. Once it is established in the individual there is no need to fear the very many prob lems requiring its application. Every opportunity to indulge that is resisted makes the individual so much stronger, or, in other words, builds up and strengthens within him this principle of temperance. The same is true of all good and evil, which are of the heart. Outward things in themselves are neither good nor evil, but present the opportunity to resist and become stronger and better or to indulge and become weaker and worse. Christ teaches this when He says, Out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witnesses and blasphemies. And, again, in His departing prayer, He asks God not to take the apostles out of the world, but to strengthen them against the evils in it. God does not want people taken away from the so called evil things, nor does tie want the things removed. His apparent purpose is to cause us to light, resist and over come and by so doing develop purer, stronger and nobler character. This is the only rational mode of building up the principle of temperance. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.