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I have come to the conclusion that mankind consume twice too much food.

I have come to the conclusion that mankind consume twice too much food.
Sydney Smith ↗

Approximate author period: c. 1807 AD · industrial

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Sydney Smith
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Approximate author period: c. 1807 AD · industrial
author lifetime midpoint (1769–1845)
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Many Thoughts of Many Minds (1896) (1896 AD)

Gluttony · anthology attribution: Sydney Smith

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