###################################################################### Transcriber’s Notes This e-text is based on ‘The Ethics of Diet,’ from 1883. Inconsistent and uncommon spelling and hyphenation have been retained; punctuation and typographical errors have been corrected. Quotations, particularly in languages other than English, have not been changed. Some footnote anchors are missing in the original text. They have been restored in the position where they make sense on the page in question. The succession of chapter titles in the table of contents has been rearranged for chapters XLIII.–XLVII. to match the order of chapters printed in the text. Neither the author Louis Lémery, referred to in the index, nor any of his works could be located in the text; the reference has been retained, though. Passages in italics have been surrounded by _underscores_; small capitals have been converted to UPPERCASE LETTERS. ###################################################################### THE ETHICS OF DIET. A Catena OF AUTHORITIES DEPRECATORY OF THE PRACTICE OF FLESH-EATING. BY HOWARD WILLIAMS, M.A. “Man by Nature was never made to be a carnivorous animal, nor is he armed at all for prey and rapine.” --_Ray._ “Hommes, soyez _humains_! c’est votre premier devoir. Quelle sagesse y-a-t-il pour vous hors de l’humanité?” --_Rousseau._ “Der Mensch ist was er isst.” --_German Proverb._ LONDON: F. PITMAN, 20, PATERNOSTER ROW; JOHN HEYWOOL, 11, PATERNOSTER BUILDINGS, MANCHESTER: JOHN HEYWOOD, DEANSGATE AND RIDGEFIELD. 1883. [_All Rights Reserved._] CONTENTS. CHAP. PAGE. Preface i.-vi. I. Hesiod 1 II. Pythagoras 4 III. Plato 12 IV. Ovid 23 V. Seneca 27 VI. Plutarch 41 VII. Tertullian 51 VIII. Clement of Alexandria 56 IX. Porphyry 63 X. Chrysostom 76 XI. Cornaro 83