Literature has long served as a mirror for the destructive power of intemperance.
: Excessive eating, drinking, or sleeping. intemperance
: Whitman explored the "literary intemperance" in his novel Franklin Evans , which used the character of a Native American chief to show how intemperance could lead to a "loss of will" and "self-respect". Conclusion Literature has long served as a mirror for
: In works like The Pickwick Papers and The Drunkard's Death , Dickens provided medically precise descriptions of alcohol abuse, depicting its "detrimental effects on both mental and bodily health". intemperance