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In The Last Analysis Civilization Is Based Upon The Food Supply.

Nothing Is Often A Good Thing To Do And Always A Good Thing To Say.

So I Should Say That Civilizations Begin With Religion And Stoicism: They End With Scepticism And Unbelief, And The Undisciplined Pursuit Of Individual Pleasure. A Civilization Is Born Stoic And Dies Epicurean.

Drunkenness Was In Good Repute In England Till "bloody Mary" Frowned Upon It; It Remained Popular In Germany. The French Drank More Stably, Not Being Quite So Cold.

The Soul Of A Civilization Is Its Religion, And It Dies With Its Faith.