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to tempt them to partake of the forbidden flesh. The "tree of knowledge" will shed for them its luscious fruits, and they shall partake and be happy. "Paradise is regained!"
"No longer now
He slays the lamb that looks him in the face,
And horribly devours his mangled flesh;
Which, still avenging nature's broken law,
Kindled all putrid humors in his frame,—
All evil passions, and all vain belief,
Hatred, despair, and loathing in his mind,—
The germs of misery, death, disease, and crime.
No longer now the winged inhabitants,
That in the woods their sweet lives sing away,
Flee from the form of man; but gather round,
And prune their sunny feathers on the hands
Which little children stretch, in friendly sport,
Towards these dreadless partners of their play."
SUPPLEMENTARY (A.)
A LIST OF FOODS DERIVED FROM THE PLANT KINGDOM.
CLASS 1.—FROM FLOWERING PLANTS. | |
| 1. Seeds. | 5. Leaves, Leaf Stalks, Flowers. |
| 2. Fleshy Fruits. | 6. Receptacles, Bracts. |
| 3. Roots, Subterranean Stems, Tubers. | 7. Stems. |
| 4. Bulbs, Young Shoots. | 8. Sap. |
CLASS 2.—FROM FLOWERLESS PLANTS. | |
| 1. Ferns. | 3. Algæ or Sea Weeds. |
| 2. Lichens. | 4. Fungi or Mushrooms. |
(CLASS 1.) Sub-Class 1.—Seeds or Seed-Fruits.
(a) Mealy.
1. Cereals or Grains.—Wheat, Oats, Barley, Rye, Maize [Corn,] Buckwheat, Rice, Millet, Sorghum, Durra.
2. Legumes.—Peas, Beans, Lentils, Cacao-Beans [Chocolate.]
3. Capsules.—Chestnuts.
