Liebig's Statement as to Beer. ment of living has such a powerfully elevating and Lack of Nutriment in Beer. dynamic influence for the elevation of mankind. relish of mere living, the heightening of the spirits, eral misery and a universal lowering of morals which the stimulation of the imagination, the contemplation one must shudder to imagine. On the other hand, the it is not that such temperate use diminished (May, 1906.) and-butter work or the machinations for business suc- Disposing of that Quotation from Liebig as to the of ideas above the sordid occupations of stale bread- spice of life, the physical starvation it would bring the other, groveling forever in the metallic dust, can about, would create an amount of crime, insanity, gen- The man to whom alcoholic drink is a relish, a condi- of an alcoholic condiment, constitute a positive strengthening effect, both mentally and physically, that 42 never feel or appreciate. The withholding of this ment, a something that adds to the joy of physiological any little injury done is much more than compensated. possesses a buoyancy by virtue of these things which the strength, the mere fact of enhancing the enjoy- functions, that animates social and spiritual intercourse, cess, these things, as promoted by the temperate use