A lecture to young men on chastity / [Sylvester Graham].

  • Sylvester Graham
Date:
1838
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Credit: A lecture to young men on chastity / [Sylvester Graham]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    fectly scientific the young mind becomes, in anatomy and physiology, the more strongly is it secured against the undue influences of lewd associations ; and it learns to think, even of the sexual organs, with as little lascivious- ness as it does of the stomach and lungs. But all this requires great wisdom and pru- dence. When I commenced my public career, as a; Lecturer on the Science of Human Life, it did not, in any degree, enter into my plan, to treat on this delicate subject: but the con- tinual entreaties, and importunities, and heart- touching—and I might truly say heart-rending; —appeals which I received from young men, constrained me to dare to do that which I was fully convinced ought to be done; and the result has entirely justified my decision and conduct. An incalculable amount of good has already been accomplished by it. Hun- dreds who have listened to the following Lec- ture, have thereby been saved from the most calamitous evils : and great numbers, among whom are many physicians and clergymen, have urged me to publish it. On this point,
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