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THE HOUSE OF PERNOD AND SONS
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Why these manufacturers aim especially at cheap markets, one
can easily see from these mixtures! The least danger that they
present is the unequal saturation of alcohol by the essences;
those, being more volatile, separate from the alcohol and rise
to the surface which is thus saturated to excess.
xxxx When absinthe is prepared from spirits distilled from
wine and maceration of plants in the alcohol followed by a
methodical distillation, the product obtained is healthy and
tonic.
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xxxx This chapter was written when we were informed of the discussion
which taken up in the House of Commons in May and June 1895
concerning the project presented by the Government on the reform of the
taxation of drinks.
xxxx It was about reducing the taxes on drinks qualified as healthy - wine,
beer, cider, perry, etc, to defer all the load of taxation upon the alcohol
which one can justifiably call the beast of burden of the tax department. To
justify this measure, they painted a very dark picture of the ravages of
alcoholism. Perhaps, in order to produce a sharper impression on our
legislators and to more easily obtain from them the enormous surtax
applied to alcohol, they had to let fly some exaggerations.
xxxx As it is, we know from the information provided on that occasion by
the most qualified men, that alcoholism was, so to speak, unknown in
France for as long as we consumed only naturally produced brandies,
made by distillation of wine and fruit juices. Such was noted, among
others, by Dr. Lannelongue, who dealt ex professo in the chamber with the
question of alcoholism, and who produced for the tribunal the results of
his own observations joined with those of the highest scientific authorities,
before 1850 we knew no alcoholism in France, or rather we knew an
alcoholism different from what it is today;

(Translated by "Artemis" for your pleasure.)




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