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their silk would cost more than it would come to. If 

 they could be taught to live on hay, say, instead of their 

 fellow-mortals, the spider-silk industry might yet be- 

 come a pillar of our national prosperity. I should think 

 somebody would undertake the task of converting them 

 to vegetarian principles. It looks easy- -that is, com- 

 pared with some things: for instance, trying to make 

 people sober and temperate when they don't want to be 

 sober and temperate. 



