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[Footnote 36: See his speech at Manchester on Sept. 12th, 1918.]

[Footnote 37: In trying to account for this state of affairs, however, it should not be forgotten that the entrance of women into industry, among the proletariat, and feminism in the wealthier classes, have both accomplished a good deal in the matter of breaking valuable domestic traditions among women.]

[Footnote 38: For a demonstration of the damage done to food by unskilful cooking, see the present writer’s “Man’s Descent from the Gods” (Heinemann, 1921).]

[Footnote 39: For proofs in support of this statement, see the present writer’s work already referred to on p. 193.]

[Footnote 40: By the Free Mash Tun Act of 1880 the regulations for charging the duty were so framed as to leave the brewer practically unrestricted as to the description of malt, or corn, or sugar, or other description of saccharine substitutes which he might use in the manufacturing and colouring of beer.]

[Footnote 41: For a confirmation of this statement, see p. 61 of the Medical Research Committee’s Report on Accessory Food Factors. For a more elaborate discussion upon the whole subject of old English Ale, see the present writer’s _Defence of Aristocracy_, Chapter V .]

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