The Foundation of Death; A Study of the Drink-Question - Couverture souple

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ISBN 10 : 115018261X ISBN 13 : 9781150182617

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Présentation de l'éditeur :

In researches which covered the examinatio Dof some three thousand works, dealing more or less directly with the alcohol question, I found excellent matter on special aspects of it, but no single work which attempted to treat of it in a comprehensive manner. The world-literature on alcohol is enormous, largely consisting of conflicting or dubious statements ;records of experiments made by different authorities reaching divergent conclusions ;cogent reasoning threaded by disintegrating fallacies ;and contradictory promulgations by one and the same author in various works, and not infrequently in different parts of the same work. Though the task of distinguishing, from among the traces along such a shore, between the flotsam and jetsam of the fluctuating tides of popular prejudices and notions, and the actual deposit marking the gradual progress of Truths laborious but certain advance, might fitly engage far greater powers than mine, I have not felt deterred from making this earnest attempt. The general difficulty in selecting from superabundance of material is well understood, but when the aim is to make a sound and suitable garment, three times the quantity of cloth needed does not make up for its being blemished and perforated in every yard.
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À propos de cette édition

• ISBN 10: 115018261X
• ISBN 13: 9781150182617
• Reliure: Broché