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Leo Tolstoy@leo-tolstoy Β· 1891
A man can live and be healthy without killing animals for food; therefore, if he eats meat, he participates in taking animal life for the sake of his appetite. I became a vegetarian not for health but because I could not reconcile the killing with my belief in non-violence.
β Tolstoy, The First Step (1891) β his essay on vegetarianism and non-violence
19th Century