Excerpt from Drink and the War From the Patriotic Point of View Drink question it is advisable, first of all, to make it quite clear from what point of view the problem is approached. I therefore hasten to state that I am not a teetotaler and am in no way connected with the United Kingdom Alliance or any other temperance organisation. Neither am I interested, financially or otherwise, in the liquor trade. In other words, I am an ordinary person who is fond of an occasional glass of beer. But at the present moment I am ...
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Excerpt from Drink and the War From the Patriotic Point of View Drink question it is advisable, first of all, to make it quite clear from what point of view the problem is approached. I therefore hasten to state that I am not a teetotaler and am in no way connected with the United Kingdom Alliance or any other temperance organisation. Neither am I interested, financially or otherwise, in the liquor trade. In other words, I am an ordinary person who is fond of an occasional glass of beer. But at the present moment I am chiefly concerned with the winning of this war. Britain must come out on top and must maintain her position among the powers of the earth. Like every other Briton I am prepared to make any sacrifice that will help towards the achievement of that end. Mr. Lloyd George has said that Britain is fighting three enemies - Germany, Austria and Drink. Were his words to be taken literally or were they merely a picturesque exaggeration? That is the question which the nation has to decide. If the Chancellor's words were based on the truth, then the nation will be prepared to sacrifice its habits and pleasures in order to annihilate the third enemy, just as the flower of its manhood is prepared to sacrifice its life's blood in order to crush the other pen 5. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... 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.
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