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Maverick Humanitarians – Early Vegans – Milk-Addiction – Anti-Vivisectionists

More Etymology – Early Vegans (and Not) Josiah Oldfield & M K Gandhi – Milk & Egg Addiction Dugald Semple & Henry S. Salt Our predecessor humanitarians, vegans (and almost-vegans), anti-vivisectionists, animal rights activists, etc. have included some of the greatest minds of the 19th & 20th centuries. Here I reflect on a few of my favorite individuals – delightful mavericks. All of the printed items quoted / illustrated here are…

September 23, 2014 (Last Updated: July 24, 2016) By John Edmundson

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LIVING THE SIMPLE LIFE – By Dugald Semple – Vegan 108 Years Ago

~ Personally, I began rather drastically over 50 years ago by cutting out not only all meat or flesh foods, but milk, eggs, butter, tea and coffee. Cheese I have never eaten; indeed I hate the very smell of this decayed milk. Next, I adopted a diet of nuts, fruit, cereals and vegetables. On this Edenic fare I lived for some ten years, and found that my health and strength…

April 4, 2014 (Last Updated: November 11, 2019) By John Edmundson

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Cathie & Dugald Semple – vegan pioneers!

From – Life in the Open – a 1919 book. “Eggs were meant to produce chickens and not omelettes; and cow’s milk is a perfect food for a calf, but most assuredly not for a grown-up human being“. The Vegetarian Messenger & Health Review, p. 237 – Dugald Semple – 1912. In our Ernest Bell Library, one beautiful shelf is specifically dedicated to the books and articles of Cathie & Dugald Semple. Over the next…

October 23, 2013 (Last Updated: November 12, 2019) By John Edmundson