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Name: Table Talk - 131
Author: Martin Luther

What need had our early ancestors of other food than fruits and herbs, seeing these tasted so well and gave such strength? the pomegranates and oranges, without doubt, yielded such a sweet and. pleasant smell, that one might have been satisfied with the scent thereof; and I am sure Adam, before his fall, never wanted to eat a partridge; but the deluge spoiled all. It follows not, that because God created all things, we must eat of all things. Fruits were created chiefly as food for people and for beasts; the latter were created to the end we should laud and praise God. Whereunto serve the stars, but only to praise their Creator? Whereunto serve the raven and crows, but to call upon the Lord who nourishes them.

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Chicago: Martin Luther, "131," Table Talk, trans. William Hazlitt in The Table Talk or Familiar Discourse of Martin Luther (London: D. Bogue, 1848), Original Sources, accessed March 18, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=5C42RLVCSL9TZ2B.

MLA: Luther, Martin. "131." Table Talk, translted by William Hazlitt, in The Table Talk or Familiar Discourse of Martin Luther, London, D. Bogue, 1848, Original Sources. 18 Mar. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=5C42RLVCSL9TZ2B.

Harvard: Luther, M, '131' in Table Talk, trans. . cited in 1848, The Table Talk or Familiar Discourse of Martin Luther, D. Bogue, London. Original Sources, retrieved 18 March 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=5C42RLVCSL9TZ2B.

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