Why should man die? Is he carnivorous? Do butchers grow barba-

rous? Does meat make dogs stupid and unteachable? Span-

iards and their bull fights. Atoms and the finer forces. How

to strengthen and spiritualize the body.

INTRODUCTION.

Death too fashionable. Annihilation unthinkable. Why kill ani-

mals. Diseased herds of cattle. Why children shrink from

slaughter-houses. New Zealand cannibalism. The poet Ovid

vegetarianism.

The ethics of flesh eating.

CHAPTER I.

The foods of the world's great men.

He-

rodotus in Greece. His habits of life and travel. What the

oracles said of him. Pythagoras and his birth. His many

journeyings. His 600 enthusiastic disciples. Their linen gar-

ments and abstinence from flesh eating. All things in com-

Guatama Buddha. Our Congress.

mon.

CHAPTER II.

Soc-

The prophet-poet Hesiod. His poems and books. His song of the

Golden Age when men neither killed birds nor animals.

rates and his demon guide. Plato and the best Greek culture.

His travels in Egypt, etc. His dialogues. His vegetable diet.

Socrates and the new ideal republic.

CHAPTER III.

The Roman poet, Ovid, and his mountainous birthplace. His banish-

ment by Augustus. His divorce. His hatred of gladiatorial

combats and blood. His table free from animal flesh. Seneca

and his writings. His simplicity in eating. Medical men

quite unnecessary. Bad diet causes disease and death. Neither

dress nor condition make the man.

CHAPTER IV.

Plutarch in Italy. His style of writing. His essay against flesh eat-

ing. His care for animals. His praise of Pythagoras. How

they slaughtered swine in his day. The effect of inflamed

flesh.
The simplicity of his diet.

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The eloquent Chrysostum in Athens. No butchering among the

Ascetics. The table of a Sybarite. The early sensual indul-

gence of Cornaro, the Venetian. His reform. The upsetting

of his coach. His protest against luxury, gluttony, and ani-

mal flesh eating. The medical practice of Mandeville, the Hol-

land doctor. The remorse of beef eaters. The Scotch poet,

Thomson. His "Seasons.' His poetic teachings against kill-

ing harmless, guileless animals. Cheyne's, the English physi-

cian and member of the Royal Society, testimony against the

slaying of animals, and in favor of fruits and vegetable diet

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CHAPTER VI.

The Catholic teacher of Voltaire. His many-sided genius. A list of

his more prominent works. His quarrel with King Frederick.

His indignation at all kinds of cruelty. His defense of the

Hindus. Missionaries cutting chickens and eating them when

there were dates, nuts, and fruits in abundance. Rousseau's

sojourn in France. His advocacy of democracy. The un-

naturalness of eating animal flesh. The ferocity of flesh-

eaters. Buffon the author of fifteen bulky volumes. Why he

rejected meats and liquor and subsisted on grains and fruits

CHAPTER VII.

Paley, author of the Argument of Design. Writer of many volumes.

The rights of animals. Flesh eating a remnant of savagery.

St. Pierre, the charming author, the friend of Rousseau, and one

of the best prize writers in France, recommends rice, millet,

maize, grains, and fruits as the proper food of man. He insists

that all shall avoid flesh eating. The Brahmins of India.

Oswald renouncing the soldier's life. Why he abstained from

flesh foods.

CHAPTER VIII.

Hufeland on nature's laws. His advice concerning a vegetable diet.

Dr. Lambe on the dietetic question. His abandonment of ani-

mal food. The improvement of health. Phillips' early life.

The prodigal's return. His work in prison reform. Foods of

the Irish and Scotch peasants.

CHAPTER IX.

Graham's lectures. His famous kind of bread.

to disease.

but still a delusion. Grains, fruits, nuts

The orang outang's food.

CHAPTER X.

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Man not naturally carnivorous. Animal flesh eating tends to prize

fightings and wars. The stockyards of Chicago. Meats do

not give muscular strength. There's more sustenance in beans,

peas, and nuts than in beefsteak. Vegetarian bicycle racers

excel the flesh eaters and secure the prizes. Meat stimulants

prepare the way for other stimulants.

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The long lives of trees. The longevity of birds and animals. Long-

lived Shakers. The kind of overwork that kills. Hon. Lewis

Cornaro reached one hundred and nine years. The soul the

master-builder

CHAPTER XII.

Long-lived persons, and why they died. Mathematicians longer

lived than poets. Milton Rathbun's twenty-eight days' fast in

New York. Dr. Tanner's forty day's fast. Where the impure air

is found. The curious cave in Naples. Taken sick in a prayer-

meeting. Ill-ventilated churches. Why the candle burns the

brightest in early evening.

The corset.

CHAPTER XIII.

Low bedsteads an abomination. Use more fireplaces

and less stoves. The purest air, where found. The leper hos-

pitals of the Orient. Why breath deeply, and how to do it.

Indians and Arabs have no headaches and why. What about

the night air? Snoring an unnecessary vice. Why consump-

tives should keep away from the warm south-lands.

they need a high, dry, cool, sunny climate.

CHAPTER XIV.

Why

Oysters exist, human beings live. Why people should sleep with

their heads to the north. Purposes of sleep. When to sleep.

The causes of insomnia. Too much sleep dangerous. The

meaning of dreams in sleep. Why the herds and the birds

retire to sleep with the going down of the sun. The number

of hours to sleep. The kind of sleeping garments to wear.

Why carpets are to be shunned. When and how to make up

beds. Why one should sleep on the right side. Bed curtains

nuisances. Opiates cause stupor instead of sleep. Why each

should have a separate bed and sleeping room.

CHAPTER XV.

Where the great men of the world were born. The influence of climate

on life. The craze for cod-liver oil. Half baked bread.

Wheat a better food for man than oats. Why the Chinese,

Yucatanese, and Central Americans are so strong. Walks

through markets. The Digger Indians of California, and their

grasshopper feasts. Beef tea condemned.

CHAPTER XVI.

Why I eat no animal flesh. Hard to make a choice. A Shaker

Elder breakfasting in London. Fermented bread. The cause

of dyspepsia. How to cure it. The proper clothing. Linen

preferable to woolen. Life in the open air. Why be regular in

your meals.
Foods that clog the system. Why vinegar and

salt are to be avoided. Causes of broken down nervous systems.

Unscientific cooking. Adulterated foods.

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Vegetarians and meat eaters in athletic feats. Fashions and paralysis. Long trains sweep up germs, bacteria. How to boil potatoes. Shall there be laughing and talking while eating? What shall we drink? Water a potent solvent. Distilled water healthy. Baths and bath-tubs. The old Pompeiian baths. The ancient Roman bath houses. Mineral matter in the system. How soft water dissolves it. Gout preferred to wine. Tea as an astringent. Tea toper hospitals in Paris. Green teas rolled

under Chinese boys' dirty naked feet the most injurious. Hot
water healthier as a table drink than tea or coffee

CHAPTER XVIII.

The Parsee sun-worshipers. The sun as a battery. Dr. Babbitt, the sun, and the finer forces. The effect of the sun's rays on the blood. Sunlight as a remedy. The sun cure in the Orient. Home sun baths. Southern California, the land of almost perpetual sunshine, exceedingly favorable for sun baths (and the lengthening of human lives). Good nature conduces to physical beauty. Bodies blooming into souls. Naked races, the real object of clothing. The feet and hands and arms should receive more clothing than the trunk of the body. Why children should never lie upon the floor. Why black clothing is unhealthy. Stiff, hard hats and their effects. Why large feet, large hands, and large heads mean greatness. The adaptation of clothing to calling.

CHAPTER XIX.

A tonic after

Mental weaknesses. The necessities of medicines.
meals. What causes coughing. Disease more a condition than
an entity. Some germs health-imparting. The black vomit
of Vera Čruz. The value of the eucalyptus tree. The nail and
the lockjaw. The electric battery. The psychic treatment.
Secret remedies. Disease defined. Drastic drugs not medi-
cines. Mustard plasters in the stomach. Thoughts produce
diseases. Calvinism causes biliousness. The religion of love
lengthens life. The positions of specialists. The different
schools of medicine, which? Ignorance of the psychic forces.
General Washington bled to death. Byun's medical treatment.
Dr. Bliss' treatment of President Garfield. Lord Beaconfield
dying while doctors were quarreling over his sick body. The
coming physician.

CHAPTER XX.

Children's rights. Purposed abortion is murder. Warm baths for children. Kissing babies. How the New Zealanders greet each other. Soothing syrups for babies. The best foods for babies. How Queen Victoria fed her babies. How to discipline children. Removing the tonsils. Children's late evening parties. Improper homes. Harmless sports. The joy impulse. Parents playing with their children. Out-door sports. Music in homes.

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Cannons and corsets. Black our national dress. Sandals healthy.

Going barefoot. The use of iced drinks. What foods to avoid.

Nurses' testimony concerning unclean foods. The hog a nat-

ural scavenger. How dyspepsia is cured. Why the beard

should be worn long. Sitz baths. Sleep in dark rooms, and

why? Causes of constipation. Why not talk about disease.

No lust nor passion during gestation. The legitimate uses of

the sexual organs. A mother's explanation. How to improve

Secret vices. False modesty. How to teach the

young purity. The ideal man and woman. Resolve to keep

well and never die. The right to enjoy good health. I have a

right to be free-a right to be well-and I will be well. Lying,

slandering. The need of using more olive oil. The uses of

lemons. The orange lightly laxative. How to acquire a good

complexion.

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CHAPTER XXII.

Atoms and cells. Atomic marriages. Primordial life. The three

planes of existence. Life everywhere present. Unholy

marriages. Whom not to marry. Examining boards to deter-

mine who are and who are not fit to marry. Child-marriage

in India. The proper age to marry. How to improve the race.

No spontaneous generation. Did the soul pre-exist? Jeal-

ousy the serpent that stings. Suicide never justifiable. Mar-

ried but not mated. Should law continue to enforce and per-

petuate mistakes? The true marriage.

CHAPTER XXIII.

The human species one. Many races with each its characteristics.

Dreams and religious visions peculiar to the Semitic race.

Joseph a dreamer. Mary a Judean sensitive. Moses unsay-

ing his old sayings of retaliation. Natural law not violated.

The male not a necessity in pro-creation. The guardianship

of Jesus from the time of his conception. The meaning of the

Holy Ghost. The new cycle. The magnets of Van Reichen-

bach. Auras and emanations. Heredity. Bonaparte's

mother. Mother's marks. The proper time for conception.

The period of gestation. Incarnation. Every child should be

a desired child. The all importance of right generation

CHAPTER XXIV.

Individual ages growing longer. The ages and facts of great men.

Jesuit missionaries in California. English centenarians.

Men old as their arteries. Why the shiftless die early. Bryant

and Sir Montefiore, the aged yet benevolent Jews. Deaths

by diseased foods. The Hindus and flesh eating. The spirit

knows little of time or space. Spirit knows nothing of old age.

The five steps to immortality on earth. The period of years

on earth depending upon knowledge and will. Why I feel so

youthful. How to keep young. Death defeated

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