âââOh impious use! to natureâs laws opposed, Where bowels are in other bowels closed: Where fattenâd by their fellowsâ fat, they thrive; Maintainâd by murder, and by death they live. âTis then for naught, that mother earth provides The stores of all she shows, and all she hides, If men with fleshy morsels must be fed, And chew with bloody teeth the breathing bread What else is this, but to devour our guests, And barbârously renew cyclopean feasts! We, by destroying life, our life sustain; And gorge the ungodly maw with meats obscene.
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