Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches

Why I Am a Vegetarian An Address Delivered Before the Chicago Vegetarian Society

Moore, J. Howard (John Howard), 1862-1916· 2 chapters· 6,228 words

The human race is like a snake—it sheds. Ever and anon, as the ages bloom, old forms of thought are superseded by intellectual bran-news. Shrines at which one generation adores become to the succeeding desolate and despised.

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1. Part 1

The human race is like a snake—it sheds. Ever and anon, as the ages bloom, old forms of thought are superseded by intellectual bran-news. Shrines at which one generation adores...

2. Part 2

I am a vegetarian because I believe in the golden rule. _Act toward others as you would that others would act toward you_, has been the basic precept of the morals of the genera...