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Vol. I.

Many sound reasons are given for adopting a vegetarian diet. The first injunction of God to man was that the seeds of every herb and the fruits of the trees were given to man for food. The highest orders of most religions have been vegetarians. The strongest people in the world live upon a plain vegetable diet. The healthiest individuals are those who have always refrained from eating flesh. It is more economical, and while requiring less than one-tenth the quantity of land to support life, at the same time giving employment to a vastly increased number to produce a given amount of food.

We could go on adding reasons and multiplying the advantages of a natural food diet to the end of our space, but we started with the assertion that one reason was enough and we hope to give one that will appeal to every intelligent being.

All are not religious, many do not care for their health, some have no reason to study economy, but all tight thinking people must admit that it is degrading for man to live on flesh while only the lower class of animals live by killing others weaker than themselves. With the possible exception of the dog, there is no flesh-eating animal that is useful to man. The horse, ox, sheep, camel, elephant and many others that have been trained to do man service are all