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Encyclopedia > Temperance

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See also This page is a candidate to be moved to Wiktionary. ... The Temperance Movement (see definition of temperance) was a movement in support of total abstinence from alcohol during the 19th and early 20th centuries. ... Temperance (XIV) Temperance (XIV) is a Major Arcana Tarot card. ...

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CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Temperance (657 words)
temperance in a particular department where such a steadying power is acutely needed.
temperance is concerned with what is difficult for a man, not in so far as he is a rational being precisely, but rather in so far as he is an animal.
The hardest duties for flesh and blood are self-restraint in the use of food and drink and of the venereal pleasures that go with the propagation of the race.
Temperance movement - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (2755 words)
The strong temperance movements of the early 20th century found most of their support in women who were opposed to the domestic violence associated with alcohol, and the large share of household income it would swallow, which was especially burdensome to the low-income working class.
In Poland, a temperance movement emerged in the mid-1800’s that was both religious and nationalistic.
Temperance writers viewed the WCTU's program of compulsory temperance education as a major factor leading to the establishment of National Prohibition with passage of the 18th Amendment to the U.S. Other knowledgeable observers, including the U.S. Commissioner of Education, agreed.
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