Everybody knows how Mrs Patrick Campbell, after being rehearsed by Bernard Shaw, exclaimed: 'If he should ever eat a beefsteak, God help us.' She evidently had little experience of those who live upon a vegetable diet. Otherwise she would have known that a beefsteak would constitute her best hope. This is not a new phenomenon in the world's history. Abel, as we know, was a meat eater, but Cain agreed with Mr Bernard Shaw on the subject of diet.
Source:Mortals and Others; Bertrand Russell's American Essays, 1931-1935, v.1
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