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Pamphlets Distributed by The Millennium Guild, 1913 - 1940

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Identifier: Coll-1618/2/1/3/2/84

Scope and Contents

A selection of pamphlets distributed by the Millennium Guild, New York which relate to animal welfare and promotes vegetarianism. Topics and titles of articles include

1. Address by Dr. Walter R. Hadwen, of England, Before the Millenium Guild (on the topic of vivisection) (2 copies) 2. How Snake and Lizard Skins are Obtained 3. The Cost of Skin 4. Peace on Earth, Good Will to All 5. Mark Twain on Vivisection 6. A True "Service" (vivisection) (2 copies) 7. The "Motif" of the Bible 8. Universal Peace is a Possibility Only When Man Evolves a True Sense of Rights of All Races, Human and Sub-human 9. Some Opinions of Eminent Physicians 10. "Why Do You Spit Upon Me? said the Glow-worm - "Why Do You Shine So?" said the Toad 11. From Plutarch's Essay on Flesh Eating 12. Verses for Meat-Eaters 13. As to "Humane Slaughter" 14. Romain Rolland on Flesh-Eating 15. Humane Education, World Peace Through Kindness 16. Furs 17. Tolstoy 18. John Cowper Powys on Vivisection 19. Anti-Vivisection and Meat-Eating 20. On Influence 21. Zoological Gardens, Etc. 22. Whose Guinea Pig? 23. On a Thoughtless Woman 24. "Mother Goose" - Is she a Good Guide 25. The Meat Fetish 26. The Vegetarian's Pets 27. Leonardo da Vinci 28. Our Indifference to Compassion

Dates

  • Creation: 1913 - 1940

Conditions Governing Access

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Biographical / Historical

The Millenium Guild was founded in 1912 by Emarel Freshel. The guild's object was "to promote by precept and example, a just consideration of the rights of all races, human and subhuman and to teach that foremost among the unnecessary evils of the world and one which underlies most of the other evils, is the mutilation and slaughter of our fellow creatures for food and other selfish ends and to set forth the physical and moral reasons why this is so."

Full Extent

30 pamphlets

Language of Materials

English

Repository Details

Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository

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