y boy and girl should be carefully trained to
look with disgust on everything that is indecent in word or action. Let
them be taught a sense of shame in doing shameful things, and teach them
that modesty is honorable, and that immodesty is indecent and dishonorable.
Careful training at the proper age may save many a boy or girl from ruin.

5. SEXUAL PASSIONS.--The sexual passions may be a fire from heaven, or a
subtle flame from hell. It depends upon the government and proper control.
The noblest and most unselfish emotions take their arise in the passion of
sex. Its sweet influence, its elevating ties, its vibrations and harmony,
all combine to make up the noble and courageous traits of man.

6. WHEN PASSIONS BEGIN.--It is thought by some that passions begin at the
age of puberty, but the passions may be produced as early as five or ten
years. All depends upon the training or the want of it. Self-abuse is not
an uncommon evil at the age of eight or ten. A company of bad boys often
teach an innocent child that which will develop his ruin. A boy may feel a
sense of pleasure at eight and produce a slight discharge, but not of
semen. Thus it is seen that parents may by neglect do their child the
greatest injury.

7. FALSE MODESTY.--Let there be no false modesty on part of the parents.
Give the child the necessary advice and instructions as soon as necessary.

8. THE MAN UNSEXED, by Mutilation or Masturbation. Eunuchs are proverbial
for their cruelty and crafty and unsympathizing dispositions. Their mental
powers are feeble and their physical strength is inferior. They lack
courage and physical endurance. When a child is operated upon before the
age of puberty, the voice retains its childish treble, the limbs their soft
and rounded outlines, and the neck acquires a feminine fulness; no beard
makes its appearance. In ancient times and up to this time in Oriental
nations eunuchs are found. They are generally slaves who have suffered
mutilation at a tender age. It is a scientific fact that where boys have
been taught the practice of masturbation in their early years, say from
eight to fourteen years of age, if they survive at all they often have
their powers reduced to a similar condition of a eunuch. They generally
however suffer a greater disadvantage. Their health will be more or less
injured. In the eunuch the power of sexual intercourse is not entirely lost
but of course there is sterility and little if any satisfaction,