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ferent effects spring ! Climate, temperament, bodily con- 

 stitution, habits, and institutions, act and react upon each 

 other ; and according to the peculiar result of all these 

 actions in this or that country, the same narcotic substance 

 produces upon the mass of the people a salutary, a harm- 

 less, or a baneful effect ! " * 



And clearly " the bodily constitution, habits, 

 and institutions of each country" have preceded 

 the use of tobacco. The use of tobacco may 

 enable individuals to live in comfort amidst that 

 state of things included in the words "habits and 

 institutions of each country;" but tobacco has 

 not formed them — it cannot form them. The 

 Spaniard became a smoker just in time to enable 

 him to bear patiently and proudly the downfall, 

 the ruin, of his country — degraded by its igno' 

 ranee, fanaticism, despotism, and its utter want 

 of adaptation to a new order of events in the 

 advance of human destiny. The same may be 

 said of the Turk and other eastern nations — - 

 according to our notions, still more degraded. 

 However curious may be the investigation of the 



* Johnston, ubi supra. 



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