altogether indulge the flesh a great deal more than 23 gentium, that she has for the last 1,500 years furnished hausted or even impaired her vitality. It is also true the population for the civilized world which she has sexual passion the latter being one of the most im- Anti-alcoholist movements have had little to do with that Germans, in common with other people, drink conquered and to the culture of which she has added true that Germany has abundantly deserved the title proper at a dinner to become "drunk as a lord." This Effects of Beer Drinking on the Germans. is considered right at present, excepting some ascetics it. In former times people also used to eat more, and train that revival of primitive humanity, the expres- much less today than formerly. As in England, so in of animalism. We know very well that civilization is sions of which a civilized society stigmatizes as crime. The Rule of "Not Too Much/' conferred upon her by a Latin writer, of officina who only served to emphasize the general condition the most valuable elements. Surely, beer has not ex- German nation drinks too much beer. But it is also It may be true it undoubtedly is true that the portant of all sources of crime that bring in their is simply in the natural course of advancing culture. Germany and in America, it is no longer considered