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While his title was United States Postal Inspector in the late-19 th /early-20 th centuries, Comstock bragged that he caused fifteen people to commit suicide and had arrested 4,000 people. 0000004810 00000 n 0000005989 00000 n This would force the bill to go back to the Senate again.

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0000009727 00000 n 1873, known as The Comstock Act of 1873, CHAP. This thrilling and remarkable story tells the account of how Anthony Comstock fought the battle for national purity and won.

v��)T`�^j�k�Zжv1X�yE�ݘ�G��´"g��umF�/�S��(ɟX��d������s The 42nd Congress was set to adjourn on March 4, so this was a big risk at the final hour. Anthony Comstock, (born March 7, 1844, New Canaan, Conn., U.S.—died Sept. 21, 1915, New York, N.Y.), one of the most powerful American reformers, who for more than 40 years led a crusade against what he considered obscenity in literature and in other forms of expression. Insufficient laws had not caught up to new challenges and Comstock saw how these vices would have a detrimental effect on the family and American culture if not properly checked. How Anthony Comstock Fought & Won the Purity of a Nation is a newly republished and retitled authorized biography of the great fighter for purity, Anthony Comstock.

0000021964 00000 n Anthony Comstock (1844–1915) is one of the reasons Americans are so squicky about abortion, birth control, pornography, and sexuality in general. Outlawed! 0000003635 00000 n His legacy is far-reaching. 0000007296 00000 n The bill was signed by President Grant on March 3 and Comstock attended Grant’s second term inauguration ceremonies on March 4, which was one of the coldest on record. 0000006499 00000 n

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