Entitled: The life and age of man, stages of mans life from the cradle to the grave, resist the Devil and he will flee from you shows a depiction of nine stages of man's life from birth to death in the shape of a pyramid, ascending to age 50, from there follows a decline to age 100. The temperance movement began in the early 19th century (around the 1820s). Before this, although there were diatribes published against drunkenness and excess, total abstinence from alcohol (teetotalism) was very rarely advocated or practiced. There was also a concentration on hard spirits rather than on abstinence from alcohol and on moral reform rather than legal measures against alcohol. During the Victorian period, the temperance movement became more radical, advocating the legal prohibition of all alcohol, rather than just calling for moderation. It was also perceived to be tied in with both religious renewal and progressive politics, particularly female |