least one-half should be taken from the vegetable kingdom.


_Animal Flesh Protein_

[Sidenote: _Necessary?_]

The following are a few of the chief reasons given by those who object
to its use:

[Sidenote: _The Negative Side_]

First: The animal has just as much right to life, liberty, and pursuit
of happiness as we have.

Second: They may be diseased, and there is the possibility of their
containing animal parasites, such as tapeworms and trichinæ. I would
like to tell you more about worms, they are so interesting, but He says
not to try to tell all I know in this little book; that maybe he will
let me write another sometime, although it is a terrible strain on him,
and that I have given enough of the family history, anyway.

[Sidenote: _Some Word_]

Third: The tissues of animals contain excrementitious material, which
may cause excess acidity, raise the blood pressure, and so forth.

Fourth: More apt to putrefy and thus give ptomaine poisoning.

Fifth: Makes the disposition more vicious.