NEARNESS INCREASES TEMPTATION.
Do you remember Jack London? lie was one of the most brilliant journalists that Britain ever produced. In the end he drained the cup of bitterness, sorrow and heartbreak to the very dregs. Here are his own words: “It is the accessibility of alcohol that lias given me my taste for it. I did net cere for it. I used lo laugh at it. Yet here I am at last, jossessed with the drinker’s desire. It took 20 years to imp'aiit that desire; and for 10 years moi< fl at desire lias grown. And the effect ot satisfying that desire is anything hi.. ■ I* Many people thoughtlessly say, when asked to opjiosc die opening of a saloon: “Oh, if a man’s going to drink he’ll get it somehow.” Jack I,ondon\ story answers that objection. It is the accessibility of alcohol that increases the desire for it.
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White Ribbon, Volume 48, Issue 4, 18 May 1942, Page 5
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