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INTRODUCTORY REMARKS,
INTRODUCTORY REMARKS,
BY THE PUBLISHER. Among the evils which a vitiated appetite has fastened upon mankind, those that arise from the use of Tobacco hold a prominent place, and call loudly for reform. We pity the poor Chinese, who stupifies body and mind with opium, and the wretched Hindoo, who is under a similar slavery to his favorite plant, the Betel; but we present the humiliating spectacle of an enlightened and christian nation, wasting annually more than twenty-five millions of dollars, and destroying the heal
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From the Rochester Observer.
From the Rochester Observer.
" Fowler on the Evils of using Tobacco .—'A disquisition on the evils of using tobacco, and the necessity of an immediate and entire reform,' by Rev. Orin Fowler, of Fall River, Mass. This is a very valuable and instructive discourse. We have for two years or more been fully convinced that the use of tobacco, in its three common forms, ought immediately to be abandoned; but never were we so fully sensible of the alarming extent and tremendous ravages of this evil, as when we had read this produc
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RECOMMENDATIONS.
RECOMMENDATIONS.
The following highly valuable testimonials are from President Edwards , Professor Stuart , Rev. Dr. Woods , and Professor Emerson , of the Andover Theological Seminary . Having read the Facts , &c., I am satisfied that it is well adapted to do good, and wish that it may have an extensive circulation among the youth of our country. Andover, Aug. 16, 1841 . J. EDWARDS. Andover, 29th, July, 1841 . I have read a pamphlet entitled " Facts , etc., from Distinguished Physicians and Other Source
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RECOMMENDATIONS.
RECOMMENDATIONS.
From Rev. M. Tucker, D. D. Providence , April 30, 1842. I have read with interest the Rev. Orin Fowler's Essay on the evils of the use of Tobacco. A perusal cannot fail to convince every candid mind. The use of tobacco in most cases is an evil. The subject is ably discussed in this essay. The arguments are sound, the facts abundant, and the conclusions fair and forcible. They who can resist such appeals must be slaves indeed. I shall rejoice in its wide circulation. M. TUCKER. From Edward C. Del
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