“There's alcohol in plant and tree.
It must be Nature's plan
That there should be in fair degree
Some alcohol in Man.”

Number Nine ([1951] 1952) p. 151.

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British politician 1890–1971

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Post-war years (1945–1955)
Variant: I have taken more out of alcohol than alcohol has taken out of me.