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1850–1933 Belgium
Alice Marie Drakoules (née Lambe; other married name Lewis; c. 1850 – 15 January 1933) was a British social reformer, humanitarian, and writer. Active in campaigns for animal welfare, anti-vivisection, and vegetarianism, she helped found the Humanitarian League in 1891 and served as its honorary treasurer for nearly three decades.
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The sentiment that spares the sheep and the deer will not sacrifice men.
Man at present has no just claim to regard himself as the worthy Head of the animal world.
Only the worshippers of the old world creed based on the maxim that 'might is right' could attempt to justify their position.
Vegetable substances contain all the elements necessary for the nourishment of man, and for the production of force and caloric.
The savage is not a sportsman, hunting is his business, not his amusement; his excuse is, that he acts from necessity.
The immense work which is executed by oxen, horses, mules, elephants, and camels, is convincing proof of the strength-giving properties of vegetable food.
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.
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.
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.
The passion for 'sport,' the killing and wounding industries, is no other than a relic of the past struggle for existence, destined to be regarded with horror under higher and happier civilization.
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.
As is the language, so is the idea.
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