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temperance

[tem-per-uhns, tem-pruhns] / ˈtɛm pər əns, ˈtɛm prəns /


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He indicates how later generations took the Declaration as an inspiration for their own causes, from temperance to women’s rights and the abolition of slavery.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

"The lasting influences of the temperance movement went on for quite a long time," Ms Marshall says.

From BBC • Dec. 29, 2025

Early Free Methodists were active in the temperance and abolitionist movements.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 22, 2024

Our affect becomes less impacted by the precarity of external events and instead, we can concentrate on cultivating certain virtues like wisdom, courage, justice and temperance.

From Salon • Jan. 30, 2024

She enjoyed cultural events and “all sorts and sizes of meetings and lectures” on temperance, abolition, and other social reform movements.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling




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