14 THE BIOLOGY OF DAILY LIFE. 



which is most purely vegetable. Flesh of animals, 

 though of course it is organized material, is yet at 

 least one degree removed from purely vegetable 

 organization, and is therefore by so much past the 

 stage at which it is best suited for our food. The 

 flesh has already had an animal life lived in it ; it is 

 so far on its way round vid decomposition into in- 

 organic matter, to be organized anew, by plant-power, 

 and thus be ready to play its part, in the composi- 

 tion of fresh vegetable and animal structures, in the 

 circuit of Life. 



