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I became a vegetarian by my own reflection. I did not know at the…
Quote byJ. Howard Moore · 1862–1916
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Why I Am a Vegetarian: An Address Delivered before the Chicago Vegetarian Society (1895), pp. 11–12.
English (original)
I became a vegetarian by my own reflection. I did not know at the time of the vegetarian movement, and hence, supposed myself among republics of carnivora. It did not seem to me graceful or ideal that I, an ethical being should maintain my existence at the incessant expense of misery and death to others.
— J. Howard Moore
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