THE FOODS OF THE NEW EARTH 



upon health. More than that, for out of the 

 knowledge now made available as to foods and 

 their values comes happiness, too. Of all men 

 most miserable is he who suffers from dyspep- 

 tic torture, that cruel legacy of ignorance. 

 The man who has learned what to eat and 

 why, who knows why certain foods are harm- 

 ful and how he may supply their place with 

 other foods just as nutritious and toothsome, 

 has found a road that leads through happy 

 fields. 



How thoroughly practical is this newer 

 knowledge was brought clearly home to me 

 one day as an agricultural chemist in his labor- 

 atory was proving the heating power of a vege- 

 table, — what it would do in the way of giving 

 a man fuel to keep up the fires of vitality in 

 his own body. It was a fine illustration of the 

 many ways in which the knowledge of the 

 New Earth has been broadened and deepened. 

 He had before him on the table a stout tube 

 about eight inches long by four inches in 

 diameter. It was solid steel save for a small 

 platinum-hned cavity in the center. In this 

 cavity he placed a little brown pellet, looking 

 quite like a cough lozenge. It had been 



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