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tobacco with its flour, nor should we be any less par- 

 ticular about the air we breathe. When asked if smok- 

 ers were desirable members of his polar expedi- 

 tions, Commander Robert E. Peary replied: "As 

 for taking a man with me who is dependent on the 

 use of tobacco, I should as soon think of taking a man 

 who had to have pie." 



