 ... drink-proof, not because of any superior virtue, not because of any superiority of self-control, but because drink holds out to them no temptation And, not being tempted, they do not fall. They are no more meritorious for not getting drunk than a...  The Journal of Mental Science - Seite 6381908Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | George Archdall Reid, Sir George Archdall O'Brien Reid - 1910 - 570 Seiten
...more meritorious for not getting drunk than a cat is meritorious for not wetting its feet, or a child is meritorious for not falling to the ground. Many...person is not a difference in self-control, what is it ? ... The facts are that, on the one hand, when alcohol is applied in solution in the blood to the... | |
 | Bernard Hollander - 1916 - 268 Seiten
...them no temptation. Others have such unpleasant sensations if they exceed a small quantity of alcohol that they are compelled to leave off long before they have taken enough to make them drunk. It used to be thought that there was some subtle influence in beer or spirits which led those who begin... | |
 | Bernard Hollander - 1924 - 232 Seiten
...them no temptation. Others have such unpleasant sensations if they exceed a small quantity of alcohol that they are compelled to leave off long before they have taken enough to make them drunk. They remain sober without effort. The quantity needed to produce distaste varies much in different... | |
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