Tea at Trianon: Strengthening the Immune System

John Wilson Croker on Marie-Antoinette

"We have followed the history of Marie Antoinette with the greatest diligence and scrupulosity. We have lived in those times. We have talked with some of her friends and some of her enemies; we have read, certainly not all, but hundreds of the libels written against her; and we have, in short, examined her life with– if we may be allowed to say so of ourselves– something of the accuracy of contemporaries, the diligence of inquirers, and the impartiality of historians, all combined; and we feel it our duty to declare, in as a solemn a manner as literature admits of, our well-matured opinion that every reproach against the morals of the queen was a gross calumny– that she was, as we have said, one of the purest of human beings."

~from History of the Guillotine by John Wilson Croker, 1844

Edmund Burke on Marie-Antoinette

"It is now sixteen or seventeen years since I saw the queen of France, then dauphiness, at Versailles; and surely there never lighted on this orb, which she hardly seemed to touch, a more delightful vision. I saw her just above the horizon, decorating and cheering the elevated sphere she had just begun to move in, glittering like a morning star full of life and splendor and joy. Oh, what a revolution....Little did I dream that I should have lived to see such disasters fall upon her, in a nation of gallant men, in a nation of men of honor and of cavaliers! I thought ten thousand swords must have leaped from their scabbards, to avenge even a look which threatened her with insult. But the age of chivalry is gone; that of sophisters, economists, and calculators has succeeded...."

~Edmund Burke, October 1790

Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Strengthening the Immune System

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2 comments:

Anonymous said...: So very true that good nutritions strengthens the immune system. Additionally, I learned a thing or two while living in India about the medicinal qualities of certain foods.

For instance, citrus, particularly the juice of lemons and limes, alkalyzes the blood, which will reduce the body's susceptibility to disease. Diseases thrive in an acidic environment, everything from colds to cancer. So it pays to alkalyze (and yes, once citrus is exposed to the digestive system, it actually turns blood and urine alkaline).

And foods which are high in curative properties are: garlic, ginger and especially tumeric. Tumeric is so amazing that it not only heals when taken internally, it also heals when applied on external wounds, cuts, burns, even bruises and boils. It is very antiseptic and promotes healing. Red chillies are also a very good natural antibiotic, as also are ginger and garlic.; December 30, 2009 at 10:25:00 PM EST
elena maria vidal said...: Thanks so much, that's fascinating Gette!; December 30, 2009 at 10:27:00 PM EST