1911 version of Enctclopeia Britannica definition

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VEGETARIANISM, a comparatively modern word, which came

into use about the year 1847, as applied to the

practice of living upon foods from which fish, flesh

and fowl, are excluded. There have from time to time

been various sects or schools of thought that have

advocated narrower views,- Some of these have excluded

all animal products—such as milk and eggs and cheese.

Some have -excluded all cooked foods, and have

preached the virtues of fruits-and nuts and grains-in

their natural ripe state. Some have abstained, from

all underground-grown roots and tubers, and have

claimed special benefits from using only those fruits

and vegetables that are grown in the sunlight. Some

have given up- all grain and pulse foods, and have

declared that old age can be best resisted by living

entirely upon fruit~ salads, nuts, soft water and milk

products. Some haye added fish to their dietary; but,

speaking generally, all who are called vegetarians

will be found to abstain from the use of flesh and

fowl and almost invariably also from fish as food.

 

 

The fact, however, must not be overlooked that while

vegetarian societies claim as “vegetarians” all who

abstain from flesh foods, there is a large and growing

number of people who repudiate the name of

“vegetarian” because of its associations, but who none

the less, for some of the reasons detailed below,

abstain from eating anything that has been killed. The

Qrdes of the Golden Age, for example, with its

headquarters at Barcofube Hall, Paignton-, South

Devon, adopted the words “Fruitarian” and

“Fruitarianism” to denote the dietary of its members.

The rule laid down ‘by the Order is abstinence so far

as possible from all foods which are obtainedby the

cruel infliction of pain, and the minimum that is set

- is complete “abstinence from flesh and fowl,” while

net-caught fish may be used by associate membets.

 

 

 

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