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A Wave of Degeneracy

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park, Washington, D. C. · Jul 11, 1912

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 89, No. 28.

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A Wave of Degeneracy

THE following striking statement appeared in the Sentinel, of Jamestown, N. Y., dated June 20:—
A wave of degeneracy is sweeping the land, a degeneracy so appalling in magnitude that it staggers the mind and threatens to destroy this republic, numbering more victims than have been slain in all the wars and in all the epidemics of acute diseases that have swept the country within two hundred years.
Following this statement, the author calls attention to the marked difference between the way in which men deal with disease and the plague and the way in which they deal with alcohol. A war is waged against the lesser evil and the greater is licensed to operate as a legitimate business.