Note 2 — Chapter viii · THE VINE-WEEVIL
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Raw garlic, Raspail2 used to say, is the camphor of the poor. The camphor possibly, but not the bread. This paradox becomes a reality in the case of our grub, which is so much in love with this powerful condiment that it will not eat anything else its whole life long. How, with this fiery diet, does it put on such fine layers of fat? That is its secret; and there is room for every sort of taste in this world of ours.