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Temperance.
thing he is liable to in the absence of it . A drunken man is the greatest monster in human nature , and the most despicable character in human society ; this vice has very fatal effefts on the mind , the body , and fortune of the person who is devoted to it ; as to the mind , it discovers every flaw in it , and makes every latent seed sprout out in the soul : it adds fury to the passions , and force to the objefts that are apt to inflame them . Wine often turns the good-natured man into an ideot , and die choleric into an assassin : it gives bitterness to resentment , makes vanity insupportable , and displays every little spot of the soul in its utmost deformity . "
Seneca says , " That drunkenness does not produce , but discover faults ; " experience teaches us the contrary ; wine throws a man out of himself , and infuses into the mind qualities to which it is a stranger in its more sober moments . Some men are induced to drink excessively , as a cure for sorrow and a relief from misfortune ; but they deceive themselves ; wine can only sharpen and embitter their misery . Temperance is our guard against a thousand unseen ills . If this
virtue restrain not our natural inclinations , they will soon exceed all bounds of reason and of prudence . The Grecian Philosophers ranked Temperance among the hi ghest of all Christian virtues . It is undoubtedly a preservative against numerous diseases , an enemy to passion , and a security against the dire effects of excessive vices and immode' rate desires . The good and true MASON knows its HIGHEST VALUE AND
MOST APPROPRIATE APPLICATION . Every man of refleftion must know , that by keeping this vi gilant centinel always on duty , we are armed and secured against that tremendous host of foes which perpetually
hover rsund the unguarded victims of Intemperance . h
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Temperance.
thing he is liable to in the absence of it . A drunken man is the greatest monster in human nature , and the most despicable character in human society ; this vice has very fatal effefts on the mind , the body , and fortune of the person who is devoted to it ; as to the mind , it discovers every flaw in it , and makes every latent seed sprout out in the soul : it adds fury to the passions , and force to the objefts that are apt to inflame them . Wine often turns the good-natured man into an ideot , and die choleric into an assassin : it gives bitterness to resentment , makes vanity insupportable , and displays every little spot of the soul in its utmost deformity . "
Seneca says , " That drunkenness does not produce , but discover faults ; " experience teaches us the contrary ; wine throws a man out of himself , and infuses into the mind qualities to which it is a stranger in its more sober moments . Some men are induced to drink excessively , as a cure for sorrow and a relief from misfortune ; but they deceive themselves ; wine can only sharpen and embitter their misery . Temperance is our guard against a thousand unseen ills . If this
virtue restrain not our natural inclinations , they will soon exceed all bounds of reason and of prudence . The Grecian Philosophers ranked Temperance among the hi ghest of all Christian virtues . It is undoubtedly a preservative against numerous diseases , an enemy to passion , and a security against the dire effects of excessive vices and immode' rate desires . The good and true MASON knows its HIGHEST VALUE AND
MOST APPROPRIATE APPLICATION . Every man of refleftion must know , that by keeping this vi gilant centinel always on duty , we are armed and secured against that tremendous host of foes which perpetually
hover rsund the unguarded victims of Intemperance . h