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Footsteps to intemperance

Drugs, cataplasms, and whiskey are stupid substitutes for the dignity and potency of divine Mind and its effi- cacy to heal. It is pitiful to lead men into temptation through the byways of this wil- derness world, - to victimize the race with intoxicating prescriptions for the sick, until mortal mind acquires an educated appetite for strong drink, and men and women become loathsome sots.