The Lord planted a garden for mankind in the beginning, and replenished it with all manner of fruits and herbs. This was the place appointed for man. If these still had been the food of man, he would not have contracted so many diseases in his body, nor cruel vices in his soul. The taste of most sorts of flesh is disagreeable to those who, for any time, abstain from it, and none can be competent judges of what I say but those who have made trial of it.” ; VEGETARIAN PRACTICE. In offering a few remarks in relation to the Vegetarian practice, it will be important to consider what are the jiresent habits and circumstances of our readers as to dietary arrangements, in order to enable them to adopt the practice as nearly as possible there- to. We Tvish our observations to be regarded as the suggestions of social friendship, rather than as formal and systematic instructions ; but as we cannot, in this instance, enter into all the particular requirements of our friends, we will endeavour to describe the principal varieties of cii’cumstance and condition, and it mil be for those who are desirous of adopting the prac- tice to recognise, in the descriptions given, that which most accords with their own particular case. Various as are the cir- cumstances of domestic life, they may, as a general rule, be found described in the foUomug classes : — I. Those who seek to adopt the most simple and natural food for the promotion of health and economy, and for theii- physical, intellectual, and moral discipline, and who subsist on a diet ep- tirely composed of fruits, farinacea, aud vegetables. Sugges- tions adapted for persons of this class Tvill be found on page 47. II. Vegetaiians having similar objects in view to those above descnbed, but who still prefer to partake of mUk, eggs, etc. and also persons hitherto accustomed to a diet composed princi- pally of farinaceous food, vegetables, and fruit mth some iiortion of flesh, but who desire to abandon the latter, and to supersede it with something consistent mth domestic economy, good taste, and humane feeling. Information adapted for this class will be found on page 50. III. Those who are accustomed to more elaborate prepara- 46 VEGETARIAN PRACTICE. tions, and who require a gi'eater variety of rich and savoury dishes will find remarks adapted to their requirements on page 52. IV. The working classes and others to whom economy is an important consideration, but who do not wish to adopt the simplest form of Vegetarian diet, we refer to page 57. In order to meet the wants of these various classes, it will be convenient to describe at least three styles of Cookery, and to make such remarks as to their modification as mil secure an easy adaptation of Vegetarian practice to those circumstances which these styles may not completely comprehend. The First Style is a system of diet composed entirely of fruits, farinacea, and vegetables, and will tend to illustrate the degree of simplicity and economy attainable in V egetarian habits, without sacrificing the proper enjoyment of food ; whilst it will show, to some extent, the resources which nature so abundantly provides for man in the direct productions of the soil. The Second Style is likewise a system of diet principally composed of fruits, farinacea, and vegetables, but with the addition of mUk and eggs.

AI-modernized reading of the original text

The Lord planted a garden for mankind in the beginning, and replenished it with all manner of fruits and herbs. This was the place appointed for man. If these still had been the food of man, he would not have contracted so many diseases in his body, nor cruel vices in his soul. The taste of most sorts of flesh is disagreeable to those who, for any time, abstain from it, and none can be competent judges of what I say but those who have made trial of it.” ; In offering a few remarks in relation to the Vegetarian practice, it will be important to consider what are the present habits and circumstances of our readers as to dietary arrangements, in order to enable them to adopt the practice as nearly as possible thereto. We wish our observations to be regarded as the suggestions of social friendship, rather than as formal and systematic instructions ; but as we cannot, in this instance, enter into all the particular requirements of our friends, we will endeavour to describe the principal varieties of cii’cumstance and condition, and it will be for those who are desirous of adopting the practice to recognise, in the descriptions given, that which most accords with their own particular case. Various as are the circumstances of domestic life, they may, as a general rule, be found described in the following classes : — I. Those who seek to adopt the most simple and natural food for the promotion of health and economy, and for theii- physical, intellectual, and moral discipline, and who subsist on a diet entirely composed of fruits, farinacea, aud vegetables. Suggestions adapted for persons of this class will be found on page 47. II. Vegetarians having similar objects in view to those above described, but who still prefer to partake of milk, eggs, etc. and also persons hitherto accustomed to a diet composed principally of farinaceous food, vegetables, and fruit with some portion of flesh, but who desire to abandon the latter, and to supersede it with something consistent mth domestic economy, good taste, and humane feeling. Information adapted for this class will be found on page 50. III. Those who are accustomed to more elaborate prepara- tions, and who require a gi'eater variety of rich and savoury dishes will find remarks adapted to their requirements on page 52. IV. The working classes and others to whom economy is an important consideration, but who do not wish to adopt the simplest form of Vegetarian diet, we refer to page 57. In order to meet the wants of these various classes, it will be convenient to describe at least three styles of Cookery, and to make such remarks as to their modification as will secure an easy adaptation of Vegetarian practice to those circumstances which these styles may not completely comprehend. The First Style is a system of diet composed entirely of fruits, farinacea, and vegetables, and will tend to illustrate the degree of simplicity and economy attainable in V egetarian habits, without sacrificing the proper enjoyment of food ; whilst it will show, to some extent, the resources which nature so abundantly provides for man in the direct productions of the soil. The Second Style is likewise a system of diet principally composed of fruits, farinacea, and vegetables, but with the addition of mUk and eggs.

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