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 and not by any means, nor in any way, to be improved by art! Eat only fruit and vegetables! Let the predaceous animals prey on carnige and blood! Stain not the divine gentleness of your natures by one act of cruelty to the creatures beneath you! Heaven to protect them, hath placed you at their head! Be not treacherous to the important trust you hold by murdering those you ought to preserve, nor defile your bodies by filling them with putrefaction. There is enough of vegetables and fruits to supply your appetites without oppressing them by carrion or drenching them in blood."