Парфюмер. История одного убийцы

Chapter 30

           AtleastthemayorrecordeditallwithoutprotestandpassedhisreportontothemarquisdeLaTaillade-Espinasse,liegelordofthetownandmemberofparliamentinToulouse.Attheageofforty,themarquishadturnedhisbackonlifeatthecourtofVersaillesandretiredtohisestates,wherehelivedforsciencealone.Fromhispenhadcomeanimportantworkconcerningdynamicpoliticaleconomy.Inithehadproposedtheabolitionofalltaxesonrealestateandagriculturalproducts,aswellastheintroductionofanupside-downprogressiveincometax,whichwouldhitthepoorestcitizensthehardestandsoforcethemtoamorevigorousdevelopmentoftheireconomicactivities.Encouragedbythesuccessofhislittlebook,heauthoredatractontheraisingofboysandgirlsbetweentheagesoffiveandten.Thenheturnedtoexperimentalagriculture.Byspreadingthesemenofbullsovervariousgrasses,heattemptedtoproduceamilk-yieldinganimal-vegetablehybrid,asortofudderflower.Afterinitialsuccessesthatenabledhimtoproduceacheesefromhismilkgrass-describedbytheAcademyofSciencesofLyonas“tastingofgoat,thoughslightlybitter”—hehadtoabandonhisexperimentsbecauseoftheenormouscostofspewingbullsemenbythehundredsofquartsacrosshisfields.Inanycase,hisconcernwithmattersagro-biologicalhadawakenedhisinterestnotonlyintheplowedclod,sotospeak,butintheearthingeneralanditsrelationshiptothebiosphereinparticular.

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