"What about vegetarism Master?"
"What do you mean by 'what about'? Is it not personal of concern?"
"But there is a difference between killing an animal and killing a plant. Might we not be intended to a 'no killing of animals' i.e. vegetarism?"
"We must learn to live with the fact that we are not autotrophe, therefore we must live from other living things. Water and Oxygen are the few non-living essentials as basic necessities, but we cannot do without basic food-stufs of the infinite higher complexity, the seeds and fruits, or whole plants. Only an idea is added to the killing, and that is pain and terror for animals. That, we can easely overcome by our humane techniques."
"But do you understand those who do not eat meat out of principle, for this reason?"
"Of course I do, although it seems not altogether wise. If it is true that children from vegetarian families are somewhat retarded in development when compared with others, it indicates a necessity to eat 'some' meat. But the quantity, as will be found, can be small. Overdoing never has a favourable effect in Nature."