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Knowledge Aforethought

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Gary Allen
Mar 06, 2023
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“Some people have a foolish way of not minding, or pretending not to mind, what they eat. For my part, I mind my belly very studiously, and very carefully; for I look upon it, that he who does not mind his belly, will hardly mind anything else.”

Despite Samuel Johnson’s admonition, many people (of the better sort) think it is déclassé to spend too much t…

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