to enter them; and from none of these need
any turn aside for want of new Kingdoms to conquer.'

This question of feeding may, by superficial thinkers, be looked upon as
unimportant; yet it should not be forgotten that diet has much more to
do with health than is commonly realized, and health is intimately
connected with mental attitude, and oftentimes is at the foundation of
religious and moral development. 'Hypochondriacal crotchets' are often
the product of dyspepsia, and valetudinarianism and pessimism are not
unrarely found together. 'Alas,' says Carlyle, 'what is the loftiest
flight of genius, the finest frenzy that ever for moments united Heaven
with Earth, to the perennial never-failing joys of a digestive apparatus
thoroughly eupeptic?'

Our first duty is to learn to keep our body healthy. Naturally, we
sooner expect to see a noble character possess a beautiful form than one
disfigured by abuse and polluted by disease. We do not say that every
sick man is a villain, but we do say that men and women of high
character regard the body as an instrument for some high purpose, and
believe that it should be cared for and nourished according to its
natural requirements. In vegetarianism, _scientifically practised_, is a
cure, and better, a preventative, for many physical, mental, and moral
obliquities that trouble mankind, and if only a knowledge of this fact
were to grow and distil itself into the public mind and conscience,
there would be halcyon days in store for future generations, and much
that now envelops man in darkness and in sorrow, would be regarded as a
nightmare of the past.

FOOD TABLE

The following table exhibits the percentage chemical composition of the
principal vegetable food materials; also of dairy produce and common
flesh-foods for comparison.

FOOD MATERIAL Protein Fat Carbo- Salts Water Fuel
hydrates Value cals.
Vegetable Foods p. ct. p. ct. p. ct. p. ct. p. ct. p. lb.

Wheat Flour (entire) 18.8 1.9 71.9 1.0 11.4 1,675
Oatmeal 16.1 7.2 67.5 1.9 7.3 1,860
Rice 8.0 .3 79.0 .4 12.3 1,630
Barley 8.5 1.1 77.8 1.1 11.5 1,650
Corn Meal 9.2 1.9 75.4 1.0 12.5 1,655
Rye