“Drink is in itself a good creature of God, but the abuse of drink is from Satan.”
As quoted in The Truth About Alcohol (2005) by Barry Youngerman and Mark J. Kittleson, p. 129.
Increase Mather war ein puritanischer Pfarrer. Er spielte nicht nur eine politisch bedeutende Rolle in der Geschichte der Kolonie, aus der der heutige US-Bundesstaat Massachusetts hervorging, sondern auch in der Führung des Harvard College und in den Hexenprozessen von Salem. Der Vorname Increase ist die wörtliche Übersetzung des hebräischen Namens Yosëf. Wikipedia
“Drink is in itself a good creature of God, but the abuse of drink is from Satan.”
As quoted in The Truth About Alcohol (2005) by Barry Youngerman and Mark J. Kittleson, p. 129.
Cases of Conscience Concerning Evil Spirits Personating Men, Witchcrafts, infallible Proofs of Guilt in such as are accused with that Crime (1692); a variant of this has become known as Blackstone's formulation, through its expression by William Blackstone in Commentaries on the Laws of England (1765 - 1769).