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matter is one of degree rather than of difference in kind and that it is not possible to draw hard and fast line between excessive and moderate indulgence.
The evil on one side of which injury or a catastrophe to one causes to do harm. The effects are more domestic than social, and are not characterized by any of the peculiarities which a drunkard presents to society at large.
They lie well within his own domestic circle. They lie in the direction of impoverishment of the family, neglect of household duties and other such tendencies.