 | 1835 - 480 páginas
...to the testimony of eminent naval and military officers examined by your Committee, intemperance is a cankerworm that eats away its strength and its discipline to the core; it being proved beyond all question that onesixth of the effective strength of the navy, and... | |
 | John Hogg (M.D.) - 1837 - 420 páginas
...these give rise are to be ascribed to drunkenness alone ; " and that " beyond all question, one - sixth of the effective strength of the navy, and a much...greater proportion of the army, is as much destroyed as if they were slain in battle.* The committee calculated that the loss sustained " by the country... | |
 | William Richard Baker - 1838 - 302 páginas
...eats away its strength, and its discipline, to the very core ; it being proved, beyond all question, that one-sixth of the effective strength of the navy,...greater proportion of the army, is as much destroyed as if the men were slain in battle, by that most powerful ally of death, intoxicating drink ;* and... | |
 | Ralph Barnes Grindrod - 1843 - 396 páginas
...t Ibid. p. 178. Ц Ibid. p. 194. § Ibid. l>. 410. It Ibid. p. 182. officers: — " Intemperance is a canker-worm that eats away its strength and its discipline to the very core ; it being proved, beyond all question, that one-sixth of the effective strength of the navy, and a much greater proportion... | |
 | James Silk Buckingham - 1851 - 198 páginas
...to the testimony of eminent naval and military officers examined by your Committee, Intemperance is a canker-worm that eats away its strength and its discipline to the very core ; it being proved beyond all question, that one-sixth of the effective strength of the navy, and a much greater proportion... | |
 | James Silk Buckingham - 1853 - 588 páginas
...to the testimony of eminent naval and military officers examined by your Committee, intemperance is a canker-worm that eats away its strength and its discipline to the very core ; it being proved, beyond all question, that one-sixth of the effective strength of the navy, and a much greater proportion... | |
 | 1854 - 606 páginas
...to the testimony of eminent naval and military officers examined by your Committee, intemperance is a canker-worm, that eats away its strength and its discipline to the very core ; it being proved, beyond all question, that one-sixth of the effective strength of the navy, and a much greater proportion... | |
 | James Dawson Burns - 1861 - 510 páginas
...pages in the octavo edition, the Select Committee reported it as " being proved, beyond all question, that one-sixth of the effective strength of the Navy,...greater proportion of the Army, is as much destroyed as if the men were slain in battle, by that most powerful ally of death, intoxicating drinks ; and... | |
 | Charles Edwards Lester - 1866 - 312 páginas
...drunkenness. The comparative inefficiency of the army and navy, in each of which intemperance is the cankerworm that eats away its strength and its discipline...greater proportion of the army, is as much destroyed by intoxicating drinks as if the men were slain in battle ; and that the greatest number of accidents,... | |
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Intemperance is a canker .worm that eats away its strength and its discipline to the very core ; it being proved beyond all question, that one-sixth of the effective strength of the navy, and a much greater proportion of the army, is as much destroyed... 
