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facts are both against this view. In regard to muscular strength, in India we have all kinds of people, English and Hindus and in both endurance and strength the Hindus are far superior to the English people. In all parts of the world it has been known that the Hindus are more able to endure the struggles of war than the English. They say that in colder climates the carbons and fatty substances necessary to the human body can only be supplied by meat, but vegetables and all starchy substances contain more carbon than flesh. Another reason is given, that in colder climates vegetables do not grow, but in this age of civilization when transporation is so easy and one kind of food can be carried in so short a time from one country to another, these arguments are of no avail. If we coinpare different parts of the world where people use different kinds of food we shall find that this theory is controverted, for the people in Africa, living very near the Equator, are cannibals, while the Hindus who live in the Himalayas are still vegetarians. And we find proof of the comparative strength of the Hindus who live side by side with the English who are meat-eaters, that the travellers who go to Thibet, among the mountains where horses canuot travel, employ carriers who take the travellers on their shoulders and cross the mountain in this way. It is the Hindus who live on pulse and other herbs who are able to carry the
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