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than to that of any other animal. The intestines are also identical with those of herbiverous animals, which present a large surface for absorption, and have ample and cellulated colons. The cœcum, also, though short, is larger than that of the carniverous animals; and even here the orang-outang retains its accustomed similarity. The structure of the human frame, then, is that of one fitted to a pure vegetable diet, in every essential particular. It is true that the reluctance to abstain from animal food, in those who have been long accustomed to its stimulus, is so great (in some persons of weak mind) as to be scarcely overcome; but this is far from being any argument in its favor."
"The rational vegetarianism of today is entirely scientific, and dictated by the sole desire to follow a system conforming to the laws of nature. It has science on its side, and only the force of habit is opposed. . . . Man is not intended to eat meat. His jaw is made to grind grain and fruits. His hands were made to gather them. The Darwinian theory does not permit us for an instant to doubt the frugiverous nature of man. His intestinal canal is also a proof. In the lion this is three times as long as the body, in man seven or eight times as long." Dr. De Neville, in Review of Reviews.
Says Thomas Bell, F. R. S., etc.: "It is not, I think, going too far to say, that every fact connected with human organization goes to prove that man was originally formed a fruit-eating animal. The opinion is principally derived from the formation of his teeth and digestive organs, as well as from the character of his skin and general structure of his limbs."
The articulation of the inferior maxillary, or lower jaw bone, with the zygomatic process of the temporal bone, in flesh-eating animals, is such as to permit the direct or cutting motion, but prevent the lateral or grinding, which latter is the principal motion in man and other plant-eating creatures.
The cuspid, canine, or eye teeth of flesh-eating animals are excessively developed, adapting them to the cutting or tearing of flesh; and the construction of the
