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below par. If the 50 millions sterling, annually 

 expended for spirits, wine, and malt liquors, in 

 Great Britain, were rightly employed in the pro- 

 motion of a sound physical and moral education 

 of the lower classes, pauperism would soon dis- 

 appear ; while vast multitudes would be rescued 

 from crime, madness, and premature death. 



Recapitulation . 



The cardinal facts embraced in this Chapter 

 may be reduced to the following general proposi- 

 tions: 



1. That each zone affords in the greatest abund- 

 ance those descriptions of aliment best suited to 

 maintain the well being of its inhabitants. 



2. That excessively cold climates abound with 

 animals which contain a large amount of oil and 

 fat, that are rich in carbon and hydrogen, which 

 afford an abundant supply of animal heat where 

 it is most required. 



3. That the middle latitudes abound with grass, 

 grain, and domestic animals, which are less nu- 

 merous, and contain a much smaller proportion 

 of fat in hot climates, where there is an exhaust- 

 less profusion of saccharine fruits, gum, and fari- 

 naceous aliments, that afford less carbon and 

 hydrogen, therefore, less caloric by respiration, 

 than animal food. 



4. That the various species of grain afford a 

 much larger amount of actual nourishment, than 



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