The sway of alcohol over mankind is unquestionably due to its power to stimulate the mystical faculties of human nature, usually crushed to earth by the cold facts and dry criticisms of the sober hour. Sobriety diminishes, discriminates, and says no; drunkenness expands, unites, and says yes. - William James

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William James: "The sway of alcohol over mankind is unquestionably due to its power to stimulate the mystical faculties of human nature, usually crushed to earth by the cold facts and dry criticisms of the sober hour. Sobriety diminishes, discriminates, and says no; drunkenness expands, unites, and says yes."

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Alcohol	Cold	Criticisms	Crushed
Diminishes	Discriminates	Drunkenness	Earth
Expands	Facts	Faculties	Hour
Human	Mankind	Mystical	Nature
Over	Power	Says	Sober
Sobriety	Stimulate	Sway	Unites
Unquestionably	Usually

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