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On the necessity for prompt measures for the suppression of intemperance and drunkenness
(Dublin Statistical Society, 1858)
It would be highly improper for me to occupy your time at any
great length with an expression of my opinions as to the evils
arising from these usages, and the intemperance and drunkenness
which result from them. My ...
Some facts which suggest the idea that the desire for alcoholic stimulants is not only transmitted by hereditary descent, but that it is also felt with increasing force from generation to generation, and thus strongly tends to deteriorate the human race
(Dublin Statistical Society, 1858)
My object will be attained if I shall have awakened this new
idea in any of your minds, so that it may lead to a further and
more searching investigation of this important question. For surely
it will be considered by ...