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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Mountain View, California · Sep 28, 1904

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 30, No. 38.

Why Dr. Lorenz Avoided Alcohol

TOTAL abstinence from intoxicating liquor as a beverage is simply common sense. Wise men in all lines of life see that its use unfits them for duty. At a banquet given to Dr. Lorenz, the great surgeon, in New York, wine was served, but the doctor pushed the wine-glass aside, and, in reply to the question as to whether he was a teetotaler, he said:—

“I can not say that I am a temperance agitator, but I am a surgeon. My success depends upon my brains being clear, my muscles firm, and my nerve steady. No one can take alcoholic liquors without blunting these physical powers which I must keep always on edge.”—The Character Builder.