The school physiology journal . hloroformand ether,and that itcould in nosense be looked upon as a true food, like starch or fat. They therefore concluded that it could not be considered a food.— C. R. Drysdale, , London. Alcohol undergoes no digestive or molecularchange in the stomach, but is rapidly absorbedand mixed with the blood. While in the bloodit does not furnish any material for eithergrowth or repair of any of the organized tis-sues, and consequently does not act as a directtissue food.—N. S. Davis, , , Chi-cago. One tablespoonful of whiskey reduces diges-tive activity
The school physiology journal . hloroformand ether,and that itcould in nosense be looked upon as a true food, like starch or fat. They therefore concluded that it could not be considered a food.— C. R. Drysdale, , London. Alcohol undergoes no digestive or molecularchange in the stomach, but is rapidly absorbedand mixed with the blood. While in the bloodit does not furnish any material for eithergrowth or repair of any of the organized tis-sues, and consequently does not act as a directtissue food.—N. S. Davis, , , Chi-cago. One tablespoonful of whiskey reduces diges-tive activity more than seventy-five per cent.—Drs. Chittenden and Mendel, Yale University. Alcohol is a slow but sure working poisonthat robs men of their physical and mentalforce the more it takes the place of ordinaryfood.— Adolf Baer, , of the Royal Sani-tary Commission of Berlin, Germany. Our work, whatsoever it be, must be thebest of its kind, the noblest we can offer.—Sir Edward Burne-Jones. 130 SCHOOL PHYSIOLOGY JOURNAL. BOOKER T. WASHINGTON.* AMERICAN CIVILIZATION. VIII. African^and Indian Influence. The only expiation of an old crime is a new virtue. THE privilegeof Americancitizenship in thisgeneration bringswith it weighty re-sponsibilities. Nonation was everconfronted with agreater multitudeof vexed prob-lems at home andabroad; no na-tion ever met themwith sublimer op-timism. Not Europealone has sent usher millions; Asia,Africa and the isl-ands of the seahave added theirwilling or inforcedcontributions. The Europeans who haveelected America as their home have uniformlyidentified themselves with us as a owe a debt of gratitude to the foundersof the republic; many have helped to lay thefoundation stones. But we have with us alsowards of the nation, who had no choice inhome or fortune, and who of all the motleythrong had reason to look upon the whiteman as their natural enemy. In their casethe situation is reversed. The debt of honoris ours; the interest i
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