Excerpt from The Second International Temperance Congress: Held at Zürich, Switzerland, in the Year 1887, A Review of the Official ReportConsistency in suppressing Truth, in distorting facts, in twisting out of their true meaning and intent the words and deeds of men, and in misrepresenting the meaning of events this sort of consistency may be a policy, precious as a jewel to those Who practice it for their advantage, but, whether em ployed in a good cause or a bad one, it does not deserve, nor does it ever elicit, the approbation of the righteous. It is true, unfortunately, that, exercised in this sense, it frequently is attended with success, but a success ephemeral in itself and tending only to pave the way to ultimate disaster.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.