Confidential Talks with Young Men - Tapa blanda

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1892. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... (Conclusion. 1 trust that all who have followed me through the pages of this little volume have, as a result of the reading, an increased respect for the human body, that wonderful "temple of God." I trust that you entertain an increased admiration for the wisdom and skill which in the beginning designed, and throughout the centuries superintends, the various details of the great scheme for the perpetuation of all species of plant and animal life on the earth. Read over and over again the first chapter of Genesis, and try to apprehend the dignity and grandeur of that account of creation, and of the universal plan for procreation. Remember that in the sight of Him with whom one day is as a thousand years and a thousand years as one day, nothing that He established is common, unclean, or unimportant. We should ever keep in mind the fact that a normal unfolding of the reproductive sphere 13 1177 J is necessary to the symmetrical, ideal development of each individual. The propagation of our species is the highest, the divinest act of our physical life; in its hest expression is the most beneficent of all our varied functions. The emotions and impulses which belong to the legitimate fields of reproductive activity are the highest, purest, and noblest experiences of which our earthly life is capable. Such ideals are realized, I am persuaded, by a few of the children of men. It is to be hoped that their number will rapidly increase. Only when resulting front the promptings of a harmoniously developed body, under the guidance of a pure mental and spiritual affection, and regulated by an enlightened conscience, can this exalted experience, with its glorious results, be obtained. One throb of such delight transcends all merely sensual pleasures as far as man transcends th...