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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    Be assured, my young friends, the human system is constructed entirely upon principles of benevolence, and perfectly adapted to an end of utility and enjoyment. Disease and suffering are, in no degree, the legitimate and necessary results of the operations of our bodily organs, and by no means necessarily incident to human life. The constitutional nature of man is established upon principles which, when strictly obeyed, will always secure his highest good and happiness ; and every disease, and every suffering which hu- man nature bears, results from the violation of the constitutional laws of our nature. If mankind always lived precisely as they ought to live, they would—as a general rule— most certainly pass through the several stages of life, from infancy to extreme old age, with- out sickness and distress, enjoying, through their long protracted years, health, and serenity, and peace, and individual and social happi- ness, and gradually wear out their vital ener-
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