<span>At the beginning of World War I, Russia’s armies performed poorly. In response, Nicholas II appointed himself commander-in-chief, so he could take direct control of the military from Grand Duke Nicholas, against the advice of his ministers. Nicholas II spent much of late 1915 through August 1917 away from Tsarskoe Selo in Saint Petersburg.</span>
He thought it was a reduction of personal liberty.
John L. Sullivan was a boxing legend. Even having drinking problems his entire life, he took a step ahead on stopping this practice. He decided to not dring anymore as long as he lived, but he had no hard feelings against a man who does. In his view If a man can take a drink and get away with it, so much the better, but yours truly has found long since that whiskey is not for him. He was against prohibition though. He thought it was a reduction of personal liberty.
