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Alcoholic drinks must be banned not only for obvious reasons--their effect upon the mind, the emotions, and the passions--but also for their effect upon the body itself. The man who is trying to purify it cannot afford to admit into his organism the foul microbes of decomposition which they contain.

-- Notebooks Category 10: Healing of the Self > Chapter 3 : The Origins of Illness > # 119