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Title: Searchlights on Health
The Science of Eugenics

Author: B. G. Jefferis and J. L. Nichols

Release Date: September 12, 2004 [EBook #13444]

Language: English

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SEARCHLIGHTS ON HEALTH

THE SCIENCE OF EUGENICS

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A Guide to Purity and Physical Manhood
Advice to Maiden, Wife and Mother
Love, Courtship, and Marriage

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By

PROF. B.G. JEFFERIS, M.D., PH. D.

and

J.L. NICOLS, A.M.

_With Excerpts from Well-Known Authorities_

REV. LEONARD DAWSON
DR. M.J. SAVAGE
REV. H.R. HAWEIS
DR. PANCOAST
DR. STALL
DR. J.F. SCOTT
DR. GEORGE NAPHEYS
DR. STOCKHAM
DR. T.D. NICHOLLS
DR. R.L. DUGDALE
DR. JOHN COWAN
DR. M.L. HOLBROOK

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Published by
J.L. NICHOLS & COMPANY
Naperville, Illinois, U.S.A.
1920
AGENTS WANTED

"Vice has no friend like the prejudice which claims to be
virtue."--_Lord Lytton._

"When the judgment's weak, the prejudice is strong."--_Kate O'Hare._

"It is the first right of every child to be well born."

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COPYRIGHTED 1919,

BY

J.L. NICHOLS & CO.

OVER 1,000,000 COPIES SOLD

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TABLE OF CONTENTS.

[Transcriber's Note: This Table of Contents does not appear in
the original book. It has been added to this document for ease of
navigation.]

Knowledge is Safety, page 3
The Beginning of Life, page 5
Health a Duty, page 7
Value of Reputation, page 9
Influence of Associates, page 11
Self-Control, page 12
Habit, page 17
A Good Name, page 18
The Mother's Influence, page 21
Home Power, page 23
To Young Women, page 26
Influence of Female Character, page 30
Personal Purity, page 31
How To Write All Kinds of Letters, page 34