HIS LIFE AND WORK 



have come most of the crimes of greed and 

 violence, most of the social systems based on 

 sordid self-interest, most of the ill-humor that 

 has postponed the coming of an era of peace on 

 earth and good-will among men. 



Now, of the three main foods of the human 

 race, flesh, rice, and wheat, wheat is the best 

 suited to be a world-food. Flesh becomes too 

 expensive once the wild game of the forests is 

 destroyed; and it is not suitable for food in 

 tropical countries. Rice, on the other hand, is. 

 not a flesh-forming food, and so is not suited 

 for food in cold countries. Wheat is the one 

 food that is universal, as good for the Esquimaux 

 as for the South Sea Islander. It is not easily 

 spoiled, as milk and fruits are; and it contains 

 all the elements that are needed by the body and 

 in just about the right proportion. 



Wheat, to the botanist, is a grass "a de- 

 graded lily," to quote from Grant Allen. It 

 was originally a flower that was tamed by man 

 and trained from beauty to usefulness. We do 

 not know when or where the prehistoric Bur- 

 bank lived who undertook this education of the 



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