"I launched out in search of a vegetarian restaurant. ... During these wanderings I once hit on a vegetarian restaurant in Farringdon Street. The sight of it filled me with the same joy that a child feels on getting a thing after its own heart.
Before I entered I noticed books for sale exhibited under a glass window near the door. I saw among them Henry Salt's "Plea for Vegetarianism". This I purchased for a shilling and went straight to the dining room. This was my first hearty meal since my arrival in England. God had come to my aid.
I read Henry Salt's book from cover to cover and was very much impressed by it. From the date of reading this book, I may claim to have become a vegetarian by choice."
"The choice was now made in favour of vegetarianism, the spread of which henceforward became my mission."
Gandhi in the
Vegetarian Society London (1)
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