Top 2 Quotes & Sayings by Sylvester Graham

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Last updated on April 15, 2025.
Sylvester Graham

Sylvester Graham was an American Presbyterian minister and dietary reformer known for his emphasis on vegetarianism, the temperance movement, and eating whole-grain bread. His preaching inspired the graham flour, graham bread, and graham cracker products. Graham is often referred to as the "Father of Vegetarianism" in the United States of America.

July 5, 1794 - September 11, 1851
What I build upon I shall be told is a folly that wise men are not guilty of: I own it; but whilst it proceeds from a real passion inherent in our nature, it is sufficient to demonstrate that we are born with a repugnancy to the killing, and consequently the eating of animals; for it is impossible that a natural appetite should ever prompt us to act, or desire others to do, what we have an aversion to, be it as foolish as it will.
Taking all vegetable-eating nations together . . . they are a larger and much better formed race than the flesh eaters. — © Sylvester Graham
Taking all vegetable-eating nations together . . . they are a larger and much better formed race than the flesh eaters.
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