“How admirable and beautiful are eating and drinking, and what a great invention the human digestive system is! How much better to be a man than an alligator! The alligator can fast for a year and a half, whereas five hours’ abstinence will set an edge on the most pampered human appetite. Nature has advanced a little since Mesozoic times. I feel certain that there are whole South Seas of discovery yet to be made in the art and science of eating and drinking.” My thanks are due to the Editors of the _St. James’s Gazette_, the _Evening Standard_, the _Academy_, the _Daily Mail_, the _Daily Express_, the _Globe_, the _Tribune_, and _Vanity Fair_ for permission to reproduce certain portions of …
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