MODERN MIRACLE MEN 
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chemistry of life will have to be rewritten. No man knows his mental 
or bodily capacity, how well he can feel or how long he can live, for 
we are all cripples and weaklings. It is a disgrace to science. Hap¬ 
pily, that chemistry is being rewritten and we’re on our way to better 
health by returning to the soil the things we have stolen from it. 
“The public can help; it can hasten the change. How? By demand¬ 
ing quality in its food. By insisting that our doctors and our health 
departments establish scientific standards of nutritional value. 
“The growers will quickly respond. They can put back those 
minerals almost overnight, and by doing so they can actually make 
money through bigger and better crops. 
“It is simpler to cure sick soils than sick people—which shall we 
choose?” 
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