Note 233-1 — Chapter II
John J. (John Joseph) Lalor translation
Which of these three kinds of luxury specially preponderated has always depended on the peculiarities of national character. Thus, among the ancient Romans, it was the second; among the French, the first. In Germany the prohibitions relating to "toasts," or drinking one another's health have played a great part. Thus the well-known Cologne reformation of 1837. Compare Seb. Münster, Cosmogr., 326.