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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    The following is from Dr. Alcott, the editor of the Annals of Education, and the Library of Health, and author of the Young Wife, the Young Mother, the Young Man’s Guide, the House I Live In, and several other valuable works : “ Dear Sir :—The subject of your Lecture to Young Men is one of immense importance, and demands the profound attention of every friend of man. It is vain longer to shuffle it off, when those whose opportunities best qualify them to give an opinion, do not hesitate to say that solitary vice is rapidly gaining ground among us. It is a subject which must be met. In this view, I rejoice to find that an increasing demand for your little work has justified the publica- tion of a second edition. I rejoice, especially, to see such sound principles in physiology inculcated and warmly enforced. With the corrections and emenda- tions which you will now be able to make, I have no hesitation in saying that it ought to be circulated throughout our country. It would thus not only save many a young person from the murderous fangs of quackery, but—what is much better—it would prevent the necessity of his applying either to quacks or physi- cians, for relief from a situation in which he ought never to be placed. Accept, dear sir, my best wishes for your success in the department of human effort to which, by your pen and your tongue, you have devoted yourself, and believe me, Yours, truly, WM. A. ALCOTT. Boston, Jan. 7, 1837.”