Regardless of what one's attitude towards prohibition may be, temperance is something against which, at a time of war, no reasonable protest can be made.
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Fortunately, the Canadian people in all their habits, are essentially a temperate people.William Lyon Mackenzie King
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Only the man who disciplines himself strictly can stand for long the terrific pace of modern war.
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The greatly increased consumption of alcoholic beverages is very largely a direct result of the increased purchasing power created by wartime expenditures.
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For one cause or another, it has become necessary to impose restrictions upon the use of many commodities, including not a few of the necessities of life.
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Few would venture to deny the advantages of temperance in increasing the efficiency of a nation at war.
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