inebriety

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This condition differs from the condition called inebriety in the fact that it is a periodical expression of degeneracy whose form has been accidently determined, but which would exist even were its form changed.

From Degeneracy Its Causes, Signs and Results by Talbot, Eugene S.

Poverty and crime have their origin in the corrupt heart, and their foundations are laid long and long before the first step is taken on the road to inebriety.

From Ten Nights in a Bar Room by Arthur, T. S. (Timothy Shay)

In two other cases nervous exhaustion from typhoid and typhus fever produced the same outcome in inebriety on the part of the father and mother.

From Degeneracy Its Causes, Signs and Results by Talbot, Eugene S.

I delight in localities where beautiful scenery exists, and where tired men can rest under trees without even being suspected of inebriety.

From Romance of California Life by Habberton, John

Sobriety, as opposed to inebriety and gluttony, is of admirable use in teaching men that nature is satisfied with a little, and enabling them to content themselves with simple and frugal fare.

From Ancient and Modern Celebrated Freethinkers Reprinted From an English Work, Entitled "Half-Hours With The Freethinkers." by Bradlaugh, Charles