Original artwork, not a still
I have learned from an early age to abjure the use of meat, and the time will come when men such as I will look upon the murder of animals as they now look upon the murder of men.
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
The speaker says they have avoided eating meat since youth, and predicts that some day people who share the conviction will regard killing animals with the same horror now reserved for killing people. By their view, animal slaughter is a moral wrong that later ages will recognize as plainly as murder.
Context reviewed
