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Temperance   /tˈɛmpərəns/  /tˈɛmprəns/   Listen
Temperance

noun
1.
The trait of avoiding excesses.  Synonym: moderation.
2.
Abstaining from excess.  Synonym: sobriety.
3.
The act of tempering.






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"Temperance" Quotes from Famous Books



... Sheldrake brought in the apples and water we were discussing the plan as a settled thing. Hollins had an engagement to deliver Temperance lectures in Ohio during the summer, but decided to postpone his departure until August, so that he might, at least, spend two months with us. Faith Levis couldn't go—at which, I think, we were all secretly glad. Some ...
— Beauty and The Beast, and Tales From Home • Bayard Taylor

... for some years after it, his career differed little from that of the ordinary open-air evangelist with long hair and vague theories, such as may be seen at the street-corners of so many English and American towns. In New South Wales his excessive ardour at temperance meetings in the public squares caused such disorder that he was twice imprisoned, and he came to the conclusion that Melbourne would offer better scope for his mission. He went there to establish a "Free Christian Tabernacle," but almost immediately an epidemic of fever broke out, and ...
— Modern Saints and Seers • Jean Finot

... paper says fatal accident to Mr. Barradine. Is this true? Wire Dale, Appledore Temperance ...
— The Devil's Garden • W. B. Maxwell

... three words of counsel with respect to this subject. First, Beware of the Social Glass; second, Study the Drink Evil; third, Openly oppose it. This is a Temperance Platform upon which every sober, informed, and conscientious person may stand. Would it be narrow or uncharitable to assert that not to stand upon this platform argues that one is not sober, or not informed, or not conscientious? The crying need of to-day is, that men and women shall be urged ...
— Questionable Amusements and Worthy Substitutes • J. M. Judy

... and Brasilia, his wife, (Acts 24:24-27). Paul, being sent for by Felix to tell him of his faith in Christ, reasons "of righteousness, temperance, ...
— Bible Studies in the Life of Paul - Historical and Constructive • Henry T. Sell


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