The Vault at Pfaff's
R. W. P. "Pickings [for the Saturday Press]." New-York Saturday Press, February 25, 1860, 3.
Type
newspaper
Genre
commentary
Abstract
The concept of temperance is eschewed because it is a constrictive, unachievable ideal. Man should live his life unfettered, and one who is temperate with alcohol may not be with tobacco or other things.