be
hoped that they will compel men to be pure before marriage, and they will
remain loyal after marriage.

10. WORSE THAN SAVAGES.--With all our civilization we are put to shame even
by the savages. The savages know of no fastidiousness of the sexual
instinct and of no brothels. We are, indeed, likewise savages, but in quite
a different sense. Proof of this is especially furnished by our youth. But
that our students, and young men in general, usually pass through the
school of corruption and drag the filth of the road which they have
traversed before marriage along {429} with them throughout life, is not
their fault so much as the fault of prejudices and of our political and
social conditions that prohibits a proper education, and the placing of the
right kind of literature on these subjects into the hands of young people.

11. REASON AND REMEDY.--Keep the youth pure by a thorough system of plain
unrestricted training. The seeds of immorality are sown in youth, and the
secret vice eats out their young manhood often before the age of puberty.
They develop a bad character as they grow older. Young girls are ruined,
and licentiousness and prostitution flourish. Keep the boys pure and the
harlot would soon lose her vocation. Elevate the morals of the boys, and
you will have pure men and moral husbands.

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The Road to Shame.

[Illustration: SUICIDE LAKE.]

1. INSULT TO MOTHER OR SISTER.--Young men, it can never under any
circumstances be right for you to do to a woman that, which, if another man
did to your mother or sister, you could never forgive! The very thought is
revolting. Let us suppose a man guilty of this shameful sin, and I
apprehend that each of us would feel ready to shoot the villain. We are not
justifying the shooting, but appealing to your instinctive sense of right,
in order to show the enormity of this fearful crime, and to fasten strong
conviction in your mind against this sin. {431}

2. A RUINED SISTER.--What would you think of a man, no matter what his
wealth, culture, or gentlemanly bearing, who should lay himself out for the
seduction and shame of your beloved sister? Her very name now reminds you
of the purest affection: think of her, if you can bear it, ruined in
character, and soon to become an unhappy mother. To whom can you introduce
her? What can you say concerning her? How can her own brothers and sisters
associate with her? and, mark! al