Foods for man : animal and vegetable: a comparison / [Benjamin Ward Richardson].

  • Richardson, Benjamin Ward, 1828-1896.
Date:
1888
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Credit: Foods for man : animal and vegetable: a comparison / [Benjamin Ward Richardson]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Foods for Man—Animal and Vegetable: A Comparison. IN this lecture1 it will be my object to inquire whether an animal or a vegetable diet is best for the human family. They who have invited me to speak on the subject have been boldly generous in their invitation. They, as vegetarians, know that I am not a vegetarian. They know that the savoury odours of the flesh-pots of Egypt, of ancient Greece, of old Eome, of Saxon Britain—and even of modern Britain, redolent in Mansion House dinners—still tickle my barbarous^ And yet, such is the generosity of their nature, and such is their entire confidence in the soundness of their cause, they ask me, a flestyeater, to speak on their one and great. topic with the well-known freedom of the nature which belongs to me. I shall not hesitate to avail myself of their kindness. I shall speak just as freely here as if I were speaking before a congress of my own professional brethren; and this is how it should be, for if a subject does not bear looking at all round it is in a very sorry way indeed. If. the Venus of Milo herself admitted of being admired from one point of view alone, she would never be the grand object of admiration she so universally is. My lecture is entitled ‘A Comparison/ It is intended to compare the vegetarian system of diet with the ordinary modes of mixed diets of animal and vegetable foods. There ought to be no difficulty in these days in making such comparison, or such comparisons; there ought to be no difficulty in teaching to every man, woman, and advanced School Board child all the leading facts on which the comparisons rest; lastly, there ought to be no feeling of prejudice in any mind against discussing this matter on all sides, and to the very bottom; for if there is one subject more 1 Delivered in the Fre^Hall, Manchester, on Friday, January 20, 1888-jthe Right Worshipful the Mayor of Manchester in the chair. 3E1 4 /