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LoC No.: 09034770
Title: Smoking and Drinking
Contents: Does it pay to smoke? -- Will the coming man drink wine?
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Produced by Chris Curnow and the Online Distributed
Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was
produced from images generously made available by The
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Summary: "Smoking and Drinking" by James Parton is a critical examination of the habits of smoking and drinking, written in the late 19th century. The work addresses the physical and moral implications of these vices, arguing that they have detrimental effects on health, society, and individual character. Parton not only discusses the impact of these indulgences but also highlights their role in encouraging dependency and a decline in overall vitality. The opening of the text serves as a preamble to Parton's discourse, setting a reflective tone on the advancement of society and the concerning decline in health amidst material welfare. He suggests that, with the rise of modern conveniences and wealth, people have become increasingly reliant on harmful habits such as smoking and drinking. Parton laments that these practices serve as both effects and causes of a broader societal malaise, leading to a deterioration in the vitality and moral fabric of the population. Through personal anecdotes and rhetorical questioning, he engages readers to ponder the necessity of self-control and virtue in overcoming these destructive habits. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Reading Level: Reading ease score: 63.5 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.
Author: Parton, James, 1822-1891
EBook No.: 43480
Published: Aug 15, 2013
Downloads: 187
Language: English
Subject: Temperance
Subject: Smoking
Subject: Alcoholism -- Hospitals
LoCC: Medicine: Internal medicine
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.
This edition has images.
LoC No.: 09034770
Title: Smoking and Drinking
Contents: Does it pay to smoke? -- Will the coming man drink wine?
Credits:
Produced by Chris Curnow and the Online Distributed
Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was
produced from images generously made available by The
Internet Archive)
Summary: "Smoking and Drinking" by James Parton is a critical examination of the habits of smoking and drinking, written in the late 19th century. The work addresses the physical and moral implications of these vices, arguing that they have detrimental effects on health, society, and individual character. Parton not only discusses the impact of these indulgences but also highlights their role in encouraging dependency and a decline in overall vitality. The opening of the text serves as a preamble to Parton's discourse, setting a reflective tone on the advancement of society and the concerning decline in health amidst material welfare. He suggests that, with the rise of modern conveniences and wealth, people have become increasingly reliant on harmful habits such as smoking and drinking. Parton laments that these practices serve as both effects and causes of a broader societal malaise, leading to a deterioration in the vitality and moral fabric of the population. Through personal anecdotes and rhetorical questioning, he engages readers to ponder the necessity of self-control and virtue in overcoming these destructive habits. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Reading Level: Reading ease score: 63.5 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.
Author: Parton, James, 1822-1891
EBook No.: 43480
Published: Aug 15, 2013
Downloads: 187
Language: English
Subject: Temperance
Subject: Smoking
Subject: Alcoholism -- Hospitals
LoCC: Medicine: Internal medicine
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.