A Disquisition on the Evils of Using Tobacco by Orin Fowler
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| Author | Fowler, Orin, 1791-1852 |
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| Title |
A Disquisition on the Evils of Using Tobacco
and the Necessity of Immediate and Entire Reformation |
| Note | Reading ease score: 56.4 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. |
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| Summary | "A Disquisition on the Evils of Using Tobacco" by Orin Fowler is a reformative pamphlet written in the early 19th century, around the 1840s. This text explores the various harmful effects of tobacco consumption, arguing passionately for its complete abandonment. Fowler, a clergyman, addresses the moral, health, and socioeconomic ramifications of tobacco use, pervading his discourse with significant historical and empirical evidence against the practice. In the book, Fowler presents a thorough analysis of the detrimental impacts of tobacco on individual health, societal morals, and financial resources, urging for immediate and total abstinence. He outlines numerous arguments, including the observation that tobacco facilitates the consumption of alcohol—a further societal ill—and leads to a cascade of physical ailments, such as cancer and heart diseases. Fowler emphasizes the waste of wealth associated with tobacco and posits that the funds could be redirected toward noble causes. His rhetoric targets both individual users and society as a whole, pressing for a united front against this "dirty plant." Ultimately, he calls for personal and communal responsibility to abandon tobacco for a healthier, more moral society. (This is an automatically generated summary.) |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | HV: Social sciences: Social pathology, Social and Public Welfare |
| LoC Class | RC: Medicine: Internal medicine |
| Subject | Tobacco use |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 24366 |
| Release Date | Jan 20, 2008 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 85 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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