AN ESSAY ON THE NATURE, CAUSES, EFFECTS, AND CURE, OF INTEMPERANCE. BY RALPH BARNES GRINDROD. "The land mourneth because of drunkenness." SECOND THOUSAND. LONDON: J. PASCO, 90, BARTHOLOMEW CLOSE. 1839. THIS WORK IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED TO THE OFFICERS AND MEMBERS OF THE AMERICAN TEMPERANCE SOCIETIES, WHOSE UNPARALLELED EXERTIONS IN THE CAUSE OF MORALS AND RELIGION, AND WHOSE EFFORTS TO EXTERMINATE THE MOST FRUITFUL SOURCE OF HUMAN MISERY, THE USE OF INTOXICATING LIQUORS, WILL EVER ENSURE THEM THE GRATEFUL AFFECTIONS OF MANKIND, AND THE REGARD AND ADMIRATION OF POSTERITY. |