Quote#Nature
Man by nature is not a carnivorous but a frugivorous animal, and … a…
Quote byAlice Drakoules · 1850–1933
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: "The Rights of the Non-Human Races".
English (original)
Man by nature is not a carnivorous but a frugivorous animal, and … a diet composed of fruits, pulses, grains and nuts contains all that is necessary for the maintenance of Force and Caloric.
— Alice Drakoules
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If we judge from the construction of the human body, the natural food of man is not flesh-meat, but fruits, roots, cereals, and vegetables; that, in a word, man is not carnivorous, but frugivorous.
There are in London at this time thirty Vegetarian Restaurants, all doing a very good business; this will give you an idea of the hold which food reform already has in our country.
Vegetable substances contain all the elements necessary for the nourishment of man, and for the production of force and caloric.
The immense work which is executed by oxen, horses, mules, elephants, and camels, is convincing proof of the strength-giving properties of vegetable food.
If, instead of being fed upon flesh food, a savage dog is given bread and vegetables, in a short space of time he becomes a changed being, gentle and docile.
Picturing to yourselves all that is meant by the slaughter-house… I ask you if it is possible to reconcile the idea of it… with the idea of progress, of refinement, and of gentleness (or humanity)? In my opinion they are irreconcileable.