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156 just sufficient food for sustenance but no more; and that what food man did take must be of the very simplest kind. These men found themselves, after living in this way, intellectually stronger, and while their physical strength was not at first so great as those that continued to eat largely, still, knowing as they did that mental power was the power that must conquer, the members of this body held firmly to their principles. They had no spare flesh on their bodies, but they were thoroughly healthy, and possessed joyful spirits. They found that they wanted but little money to supply their simple needs, and from their personal experience they saw that one-fourth of the food usually consumed by man was sufficient for their sustenance. They further proved that the cost of their food did not come to one-fourth the sum an ordinary individual required. They demonstrated that by reducing the consumption and using only the simplest kinds, the saving to the country would be something enormous. This doctrine suited the great body of the people very well, but the