To the Victorians as to the Arabs, a sleek, well-fed appearance was something to be proud of, a proof of prosperity and success. It was assumed that any man who could afford to would "do himself well." A thin man was either unhealthy or poor—both of which were crimes in the 1870s.

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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "To the Victorians as to the Arabs, a sleek, well-fed appearance was something to be proud of, a proof of prosperity and success. It was assumed that any man who could afford to would "do himself well." A thin man was either unhealthy or poor—both of which were crimes in the 1870s." in the context of "(2013), The Lipton Story: A Centennial Biography, publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing, ISBN: 1448202019 (1950), 1st edition place: Garden City, New York, publisher: Doubleday & Company (See Thomas Lipton.)" to mean that wisdom is timeless.