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So great, how  ever, are its attractions, that a great part of mankind are of opinion that there is nothing else in life worth living for. SO GREAT HOWEVER ARE ITS ATTRACTIONS THAT A GREAT PART OF MANKIND ARE OF OPINION THAT THERE IS NOTHING ELSE IN LIFE WORTH LIVING FOR
ther time. Leaden55 vessels should be used for this purpose, and not copper56 ones, and walnuts are generally thrown into them, from a notion that they absorb57 the smoke. In Campania they ex- pose the very finest wines in casks in the open air, it being the- opinion that it tends to improve the wine if it is exposed to the action of the sun and moon, the rain and the winds. CHAP. 28. (22.) DRUNKENNESS. If any one will take the trouble duly to consider the matter, he will find that upon no one subject is the industry of man kept more constantly on the alert than upon the making of wine ; as if Nature had not given us water as a beverage, the one, in fact, of which all other animals make use. We, on the other hand, even go so far as to make our very beasts of burden drink58 wine : so vast are our efforts, so vast our labours, and so boundless the cost which we thus lavish upon a liquid which deprives man of his reason and drives him to frenzy and to the commission of a thousand crimes ! HAT PLANET AND AT NO OTHER TIME LEADEN VESSELS SHOULD BE USED FOR THIS PURPOSE AND NOT COPPER ONES AND WALNUTS ARE GENERALLY THROWN INTO THEM FROM A NOTION THAT THEY ABSORB THE SMOKE IN CAMPAIGNIA THEY EXPOSE THE VERY FINEST WINES IN CASKS IN THE OPEN AIR IT BEING THE OPINION THAT IT TENDS TO IMPROVE THE WINE IF IT IS EXPOSED TO THE ACTION OF THE SUN AND MOON THE RAIN AND THE WINDS CHAPTER TWENTY EIGHT DRUNKENNESS IF ANY ONE WILL TAKE THE TROUBLE DULY TO CONSIDER THE MATTER HE WILL FIND THAT UPON NO ONE SUBJECT IS THE INDUSTRY OF MAN KEPT MORE CONSTANTLY ON THE ALERT THAN UPON THE MAKING OF WINE AS IF NATURE HAD NOT GIVEN US WATER AS A BEVERAGE THE ONE IN FACT OF WHICH ALL THE OTHER ANIMALS MAKE USE WE ON THE OTHER HAND EVEN GO SO FAR AS TO MAKE OUR VERY BEASTS OF BIRD AND DRINK WINE SO VAST ARE OUR EFFORTS SO VAST OUR LABOURS AND SO BOUNDLESS THE COST WHICH WE THUS LAVISH UPON A LIQUID WHICH DEPRIVES MAN OF HIS REASON AND DRIVES HIM TO FRENZY AND TO THE COMMISSION OF A THOUSAND CRIMES
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