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After the failure of revolution in Germany in 1848 Marx and Engles were trying to analyze the reasons for the failure and a possible solution.  They feared that the peasantry had been enervated by a diet that relied too much on potatoes. One of them reportedly exclaimed: "It's beans that will nourish our peasantry to a vigorous and manly disposition!"  Alas, just so much gas.

If sanity be culturally normative, then by the norms of this culture I claim insanity.
by ARGeezer (argeezer a in a circle yahoo dot com) on Wed Aug 27th, 2008 at 11:42:25 PM EST
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