2005-10-14 #1

The Evils of Tea (and Virtues of Beer)

• tea has come to supplant the place of beer
• tea is a weaker kind of laudanum (opium)
• tea is a waste of time
• beer is suitable for all but the smallest children
• up to five quarts a day of beer is enough for all but drunkards
• tea destroys health and causes effeminacy
• tea has little of the nutritional value of beer
• Undeniable proof: tea kills pigs
• Tea leads men to idleness; and women to the brothel

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