"Sobriety, the main guardian of virtue, being once baniſhed, a direct avenue is opened for the admiſſion of every vice, I had almoſt ſaid, of every crime. [...] Men addicted to this ſhameful exceſs loſe by degrees all ſenſe of honour, virtue, and religion; and when theſe ſacred ties are once diſsolved, they become ungovernable, and trample upon all laws human and divine."
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Anthony Fothergill, An essay on the abuse of spirituous liquors, 1796
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