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purposely retained by the Vegetarians themselves. On the contrary, the desirability of finding a more suitable name has again and again been discussed in the pages of the Dietetic Reformer ; and there has been no attempt whatever on the part of the Vegetarian Society, or its members, to claim the merit of a purely vegetable diet. But the fact is, that the word “Vegetarian,” in its general application to those who abstain from flesh, has long become too firmly fixed in the language to admit of any sudden limitation or restriction. It is the most difficult thing in the world to alter a word which has once become nationalised in a particular sense; and the reason why Food Reformers are still called “Vegetarians” is simply that nobody has yet been able to suggest any title which would have the least chance of ousting the more popular term. “I feel sure,” says Sir Henry Thompson, “that my friends ‘the Vegetarians,’ living on a mixed diet, will see the necessity of seeking a more appropriate designation to distinguish them ; if not, we must endeavour to invent one for them.” If Sir Henry Thompson will make this endeavour, all Vegetarians will be sincerely grateful to