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a quite forgettable character called Albert Lebrun,
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said that wine "Does not only confer health
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and vigor to those people who are drinking it,
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it has soothing properties
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that both ensure the rational equilibrium of the organism
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and create a predisposition to harmony among men;
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in addition it can be, in difficult times,
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it can pour confidence and hope into our hesitating hearts."
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One of course thinks of Petain increasing
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the rum ration at Verdun in 1916
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and the regular rounds of doing shots
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before you went over the trenches,