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The Project Gutenberg eBook, Grappling with the Monster, by T. S. Arthur This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: Grappling with the Monster Author: T. S. Arthur Release Date: September 21, 2004 [eBook #13509] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-646-US (US-ASCII) ***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK GRAPPLING WITH THE MONSTER*** E-text prepared by Leah Moser and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustrations. See 13509-h.htm or 13509-h.zip: (http://www.gutenberg.net/dirs/1/3/5/0/13509/13509-h/13509-h.htm) or (http://www.gutenberg.net/dirs/1/3/5/0/13509/13509-h.zip) GRAPPLING WITH THE MONSTER or, The Curse and the Cure of Strong Drink by T. S. ARTHUR Author of "Ten Nights in a Bar-Room," "Three Years in a Man-Trap," "Cast Adrift," "Danger," etc. [Illustration: IN THE MONSTER'S CLUTCHES. Body and Brain on Fire.] INTRODUCTION. In preparing this, his latest volume, the author found himself embarrassed from the beginning, because of the large amount of material which came into his hands, and the consequent difficulty of selection and condensation. There is not a chapter which might not have been extended to twice its present length, nor a fact stated, or argument used, which might not have been supplemented by many equally pertinent and conclusive. The extent to which alcohol curses the whole people cannot be shown in a few pages: the sad and terrible history would fill hundreds of volumes. And the same may be said of the curse which this poisonous substance lays upon the souls and bodies of men. Fearful as is the record which will be found in the chapters devoted to the curse of drink, let the reader bear in mind that a thousandth part has not been told. In treating of the means of reformation, prevention and cure, our effort has been to give to each agency the largest possible credit for what it is doing. There is no movement, organization or work, however broad or limited in its sphere, which has for its object the cure of drunkenness in the individual, or the suppre
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