| PAGE | | Preface | v | | Introductory | 1 | | Why "Vegetarian"? | 4 | | The Raison D'Être of Vegetarianism | 9 | | The Past and Present of Vegetarianism | 13 | | Structural Evidence | 18 | | The Appeal to Nature | 24 | | The Humanitarian Argument | 29 | | Palliations and Sophistries | 35 | | The Consistency Trick | 41 | | The Degradation of the Butcher | 47 | | The Æsthetic Argument | 51 | | The Hygienic Argument | 57 | | Digestion | 62 | | Conditions of Climate | 67 | | Flesh Meat and Morals | 71 | | The Economic Argument | 77 | | Doubts and Difficulties | 83 | | Bible and Beef | 89 | | The Flesh-eater's Kith and Kin | 95 | | Vegetarianism as Related to Other Reforms | 101 | | Conclusion | 109 | | Index | 115 | | |
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