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148 When man was created, the necessity for other food than that supplied through his lungs was essential, because at that period the atmosphere that surrounded the earth had not sufficient sustaining power of itself to maintain the human frame, and to make up for the waste entailed by the exertions of the mind and body. But the Creator never intended that the faculty of drawing sustenance from food should be abused in the way it was. The simple fruits of the earth were sufficient for all man's wants, and even these were only to be used in moderation; but after long generations he became more and more wedded to eating and drinking. He was not content with the simple fruits of the earth, nor was he content with water for his drink. He, indeed, appears to have possessed less wisdom in this respect than the brute creation, that have from the beginning, even down to the present day, been content with that which was provided for them. Man, by misusing his thinking and reasoning power, apparently educated himself to gloat over food,