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temperance

[tem-per-uhns, tem-pruhns] / ˈtɛm pər əns, ˈtɛm prəns /


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He indicates how later generations took the Declaration as an inspiration for their own causes, from temperance to women’s rights and the abolition of slavery.

From The Wall Street Journal May 22, 2026

Anna Marshall, author of The Little Book of Christmas and Hogmanay, links it to a reaction against the temperance movement in the early 1800s.

From BBC Dec. 29, 2025

They recognized actual social change as extending beyond the idea of temperance, which they saw as a necessary but insufficient condition for improving the U.S. social order during the mid-19th century.

From Salon Nov. 10, 2024

Early Free Methodists were active in the temperance and abolitionist movements.

From Seattle Times Feb. 22, 2024

The temperance folks had given America Prohibition, and had thrown in a ban on gambling while they were at it.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand




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