Inhaltsangabe
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1883 Excerpt: ... CHAPTER VII.. FOOD AND DRINK. Particular Kinds of Enjoyment: Food, § 151--Five main Divisions of Food, § 151-156--Causes of the Diversity of Habits regarding Food, § 157--Examination of the Cost, Security, and Fitness of different Kinds of Staple Foods, § 158, 159--Drinks: Waters and Water Supply, § 160-162--Aromatic Drinks, § 163--Fermented Drinks, § 164, 165--Right use of Alcohol, § 166, 167--Abuse of it in the Past and the Present, § 168-170--Legislation against Intemperance, § 171-173--Modern Temperance Associations, § 174--Conclusions concerning Intoxicating Drinks, § 175,176--Suggestions for Modern England in Particular, § 177-179--Concluding Suggestions and Remarks, § 180. § 151. From the enjoyment of wealth in general let us turn and look at the enjoyment of particular kinds, as food and drink, dwelling-place and pleasure garden, theatres, law courts, churches. We are not primarily concerned with that sort of enjoyment, of which the object is primarily not a commodity but some personal service, for example, the service of one's comrade in a game, of one's companion in an excursion, of an actor or singer, of a doctor, or teacher, or lawyer, or priest. But in so far as such services entail expenditure, we must in this aspect consider them, in order to obtain a sure basis for the calculation of revenue and expenditure. And I must ask indulgence for the irregular and fragmentary character of what is to follow, excusing myself, as best I can, by pleading the little to be found on these matters in ordinary treatises on 'Political Economy,' as though the making of a flute was so much more worth the attention of statesmen and philosophers than the playing on it or the listening to it...
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