With the question of the right choice of food, and how to adopt vegetarianism, I am not here concerned; such information is readily accessible in current vegetarian literature. But it must be said in conclusion—and this is the thought which, above all others, I would leave in the mind of the reader—that the surest warrant of success in the reform of diet is a sincere belief in the moral rightness of the cause. The _spirit_ in which one takes up vegetarianism is the main factor in the result. It is useless to look for any absolute proof in such matters—the proof is in one's self—for those, at least, who have heart to feel, and brain to ponder, the cruelty and folly of flesh-eating. It is an issue where logic is as wholly on the one side as habit is wholly on the other, and where habit is as certainly the shield of barbarism as logic is the sword of humaneness. INDEX Adams, B. K., quoted, 68, 69 Æsthete, the, 51-54 Alarmist, the, 84-89 "All-or-Nothing" argument, 10-12 See Consistency Animals, what would become of them? 86, 87 Animal products, use of, 5, 6, 42, 43, 109, 110 Anthropoid apes, 18-22 Anthropologist, the, 24-28 Anthropophagist, the, 95-98 Asceticism, 11, 72 Athletics, vegetarian, 60 Axon, W. E. A., quoted, 81 Bible and Beef, 89 Bon Vivant, the, 30-32 Brahminism, 43, 44, 87 British Islander, the, 67, 68 _British Medical Journal_, quoted, 29, 34, 62, 63 Buchanan, Robert, quoted, 96 Butchery, effect on character, 47-50 Canine teeth, argument from, 19 Cannibalism, 10, 64, 65, 73 (note); its relation to flesh-eating, 95-97 Carnalist, the, 73 Carpenter, Edward, quoted, 71 (note), 106 Cartesian theory, 26 Carus, Dr. Paul, quoted, 86 Cattle transit, 31 Chemical argument, 9, 10 Chemist, the, 64-66 Cheyne, Dr., quoted, 60 Chicago shambles, 35, 36, 49, 55 Climate, argument from, 67-70 "Cock-and-Bull" argument, 42, 43 Coit, Dr. Stanton, quoted, 39 Consistency, true and false. See "All-or-Nothing," 41-46 Cramming system, 75, 76 Darwinian theory, 25, 26 Dembo, Dr., quoted, 32 De Quincey, quoted, 55 Digestibility of foods, 62-65 Diseased flesh, 58, 59 Drover, the, 31 Economy of vegetarian diet, 77, 78 Esquimaux, what would become of them? 68 "Ethics of Diet," 15 (note), 93 Ethical Societies, attitude towards Vegetarianism, 39, 104 Fish-eating, 45, 46, 82 (note) Flinders Petrie, Professor, quoted, 97 Franklin, Benjamin, 24, 28 Fraser, J. F., quoted, 55 Frugivorous nature of Man, 18-22 Gordon-Cumming, C. F., quoted, 65 Grace before meat, 92, 93 Greg, W. R., quoted, 79, 80 Habit, influence of, 109, 113 Haig, Dr. A., 60, 61 Herbivora, the, 20, 62 Hofmann's Experiments, 64, 65 Hudson, W. H., quoted, 36 Humanity, synonymous with culture, 51, 54 Hunt, Leigh, quoted, 54, 93 Hygienic Aspect of Vegetarianism, 57, 58