I Believe That The End Of Things

Alcoholism, The Opium Habit And Tobaccoism Are A Trio Of Poison Habits Which Have Been Weighty Handicaps To Human Progress During The Last Three Centuries. In The United States, The Subtle Spell Of Opium Has Been Broken By Restrictive Legislation; The Grip Of The Rum Demon Has Been Loosened By The Prohibition Amendment To The Constitution, But The Tobacco Habit Still Maintains Its Strangle-hold And More Than One Hundred Million Victims Of Tobaccoism Daily Burn Incense To The Smoke God.

Is God A Man With Two Arms And Legs Like Me? Does He Have Eyes, A Head? Does He Have Bowels? Well I Do, And That Makes Me More Wonderful Than He Is!

It Is Sunlight In Modified Form Which Turns All The Windmills And Water Wheels And The Machinery Which They Drive. It Is The Energy Derived From Coal And Petroleum (fossil Sunlight) Which Propels Our Steam And Gas Engines, Our Locomotives And Automobiles. ... Food Is Simply Sunlight In Cold Storage.

The Tobacco Business Is A Conspiracy Against Womanhood And Manhood. It Owes Its Origin To That Scoundrel Sir Walter Raleigh, Who Was Likewise The Founder Of American Slavery.

A Dead Cow Or Sheep Lying In A Pasture Is Recognized As Carrion. The Same Sort Of A Carcass Dressed And Hung Up In A Butcher's Stall Passes As Food.