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he is so longing for and which he would value higher 
than all the wealth and glory of Solomon? Most of 
us concede that it is right to kill animals for food and 
clothing, and to enslave them to do our heavy work. 
These points we must concede or turn vegetarians, and, 
if all mankind became vegetarian they would have to 
kill a few animals now and then or the animals would 
kill them and crowd them off the earth. Asa food sup- 
ply, wild mammals and birds are of importance only in 
frontier settlements. If we kill and eat wild or tame 
animals, we destroy a lower form of life so that a higher 
form may continue. This is in general the course of 
nature. If the fatigued business man, statesman, and 
professional man leave the bustle of the city, the dust, 
and the artificial light of their offices to gain new health 
and elasticity of mind and body on bass and trout 
streams, or with the wild ducks on the weird sea-coast 
and inland marshes, or on a stalk after deer and moose 
in the wild woods, they do nothing wrong. On the 
contrary they make the wild creatures of woods, lakes, 
fields, and stream serve a far higher purpose than he 
who kills them merely to satisfy the cravings of a hun- 
gry stomach. If the President of the United States 
can keep in good health and buoyant spirits by going 
on a duck-shooting trip, so that he can more safely steer 
the nation through all the vicissitudes of national and 
international difficulties, by all means let him go after 
the ducks, whenever his duties permit. The ducks he 
bags could not be sacrificed for a more worthy purpose. 
The question has still another aspect. If game were 
