The school-room sends men to the Legislature, to the bench, and the executive office. The bar-room sends them to the scaffold and hell.
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I beg you to look at the promising boys and beautiful girls in your homes and in your communities, and then you will not put these temptations in their way.Thomas Jordan Jarvis
I use the term bar-room to represent every means for the sale and traffic in liquor, and I earnestly appeal to the people to put an end to the traffic, no matter under what name or guise it may be carried on.
Thomas Jordan Jarvis
I not only urge you to vote that ticket yourself, but I beg that you will persuade others to do so. Personal effort can accomplish a great deal, and I beg that you will use your personal influence with your friends to get them to go with you to save the boys.
Thomas Jordan Jarvis
In the first place I remark that no human law is perfect in its construction or execution.
Thomas Jordan Jarvis
The cry comes from the friends of the school-room, from those who would give the State a strong, great, noble citizenship, for protection from the curse of drunkenness. This cry should be heard and answered by every lover of his fellow-men, no matter where his home may be.
Thomas Jordan Jarvis
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