The palm tree . frutt f alms of tljc Mesf. ;OyERS of palms, as they read their his-tories in many lands, will often exclaimwith Linnteus, The human race shouldbe classed as i:)alY)iivoroiis, as thosewhose birth-place is the land of dwells naturally within the tropics,and feeds upon tlie fruit of the palm tree. Centuries of ever-progressing civilization, with allits artificial and acquired wants, have indeed longsince made stronger food desirable to a large propor-tion of mankind, even in regions of palms ; while incold climates, where palm fruits cannot be procured,not only bread-cor
The palm tree . frutt f alms of tljc Mesf. ;OyERS of palms, as they read their his-tories in many lands, will often exclaimwith Linnteus, The human race shouldbe classed as i:)alY)iivoroiis, as thosewhose birth-place is the land of dwells naturally within the tropics,and feeds upon tlie fruit of the palm tree. Centuries of ever-progressing civilization, with allits artificial and acquired wants, have indeed longsince made stronger food desirable to a large propor-tion of mankind, even in regions of palms ; while incold climates, where palm fruits cannot be procured,not only bread-corn, but also animal food seemsalmost a necessity. But when the world was young—in the sunnylands which were as the seed-plot for peopling theearth—how unnatural such food would have ap-peared ! To Adam and our gentle mother Eve howodious would have seemed the necessity that anycreature should die to furnish a repast for them. The glorious trees of Paradise had supplied abun-dance of delicious fruit to satisfy
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