The Logic of Vegetarianism (1906) By Henry Salt

A quotation from Henry Salt’s classic work:

“(T)here are certain grave evils inseparable from the practice of flesh-eating. The aversion to flesh food is not chemical, but moral, social, hygienic. Believing as we do that the grosser forms of diet not only cause a vast amount of unnecessary suffering to the animals, but also react most injuriously on the health and morals of mankind”