Benjamin Franklin (1897)
AUTHOR: Clubb, Henry Stephen
PUBLICATION: Clubb, Henry S. & F. E. Green. “Benjamin Franklin: An Address Delivered at the December Meeting, 1896, of the West Side Branch of the Chicago Vegetarian Society, by Rev. Henry S. Clubb, F. E. Green, Presiding.” Food, Home and Garden Vol. I no. 5 (77) (March 1897): 72-73.
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KEYWORDS: diet, food, Benjamin Franklin
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SUMMARY (Ridvan Askin, edited Deborah Madsen):
This address aims to contribute to a better understanding of Benjamin Franklin's veganism, to which he came by way of Thomas Tryon's The Way to Health, Long Life and Happiness. Franklin was primarily attracted to veganism because it proved economical both in terms of capital and time (72). The text provides several examples from Franklin's life that confirm these points, attributing Franklin's many achievements in large parts to his veganism.