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2 was the only one. Others dropped off after thirty-five miles."—New York Sun.

The above paragraph, with various modifications, has been published in at least ten per cent. of the daily press of Europe and America and will probably accomplish vast good, Above all things, the average man wants to be strong, and to that end is prone to copy the worst traits of the lower orders. Apparently he has never noticed that all really strong animals, that is those that are enabled to continue to perform hard labor, are herbivorous. The horse, ox, elephant, camel and others can work day after day and grow strong on it, while the flesh-eaters, like the lion and tiger, expend their entire strength in one great rush to secure food and are then incapable of exerting themselves for hours. Solomon said, ‘‘Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise.” We yield to the temptation to paraphrase and say, Look at the ox, thou weakling; consider his food and be strong.

Dr. Monteiro asks certain questions of me in the Clinic to which I will reply:—

1. "How long has he been a Vegetarian?” The sentiment of living without eating flesh of any animal has been growing upon me for several years. Circumstances, however, kept me from putting this sentiment into practice until about 20 months ago; the incumbrances I refer to were principally those accompanying board of various boarding houses, hotels, etc.