"No substance in nature, as far as yet known, has, when it reaches the brain, such power to induce mental and moral changes of a disastrous character as alcohol. Its transforming power is marvelous, and often appalling. It seems to open a way of entrance into the soul for all classes of foolish, insane or malignant spirits, who, so long as it remains in contact with the brain, are able to hold possession."
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Activists from the United StatesNovelists from the United StatesPeople from New York (state)Editors from the United StatesPeople from Baltimore
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Grappling with the Monster; Or, The Curse and the Cure of Strong Drink (1877), Ch. 4
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Timothy Shay Arthur
Timothy Shay Arthur (June 6, 1809 – March 6, 1885), known as T.S. Arthur, was a popular 19th-century American author. He is most famous for his temperance novel Ten Nights in a Bar-Room and What I Saw There (1854), which helped demonize alcohol in the eyes of the American public.
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