Walt Whitman Quotes
I have sometimes thought that the laws ought not to punish those actions of evil which are committed when the senses are steeped in intoxication.
Whitman, Walt. Franklin Evans; or The Inebriate. J. Winchester, 1842, p. 3.
This is the basis for the Muslim prohibition on alcohol beverages.
Despite his concern about the evils of cider, Adams downed a tankard of cider for breakfast every day of his life. There was a belief that alcohol drinks were safer than water in most cases. The Dutch New York Colonists introduced beer for breakfast.
Aristotle adopted this view later in his Nichomachean Ethics. Mytilene was ddat war with Athens. Pittacus suggested that instead of the armies fighting, the war should be decided by a battle between him and the Athenian General who accepted. Pittacus won and was the Ruler of Athens, where he became quite popular. He wrote all his laws and decrees in poetry. He resigned after 10 years. He was considered one of the 7 great Greek Sages.
He was describing the way that the Colonial America, Native American communities coped with the adverse consequence of violence brought about by liquor which had been given to the Indians by white traders for the purpose of impairing the Indians’ judgment so that they would trade more easily and on better terms. Since then and into the 21st century, business people have entertained’ potential customers with alcohol for the same general purposes.
Walter Whitman was an American poet, essayist, and journalist. A humanist, he was a part of the transition between transcendentalism and realism, incorporating both views in his works. Whitman is among the most influential poets in the American canon, often called the father of free verse. His work was controversial in its time, particularly his poetry collection Leaves of Grass, which was described as obscene for its overt sensuality. Whitman's own life came under scrutiny for his presumed homosexuality.
