Excerpt from Tobacco: Its Physical, Mental, Moral and Social InfluencesIt is due to the' perversity of man's nature that many of the evil in¿uences of this world are not recognized until they have well-nigh overcome us. There was a time when the use of alcoholic drinks was not considered by most as a sin. Not only the doctor and the lawyer, but the deacon and the minister, took them to the extent even of intoxication. In the march of reforms, however, the evil ap pears, and now no one is satisfied with a wine-bibhing minister. Tobacco sustains the same relation to morals and religion now that.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.